Bud, Not Buddy Ch. 1-6

What point of view does the author of Bud, Not Buddy write from?

• first person - Bud's perspective

• first person - Todd's perspective

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

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Which of the following words best describes Bud as a character?

• angry and sad

• brave and determined

• timid and reserved

• arrogant and greedy

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Which of the following is not related to the setting of Bud, Not Buddy?

• I know you don’t understand what it means, but there is a great depression going on all over this country.

• This was the third foster home I was going to and I’m used to packing up and leaving…

• “Mr. Amos will show you to the shed tonight and you can come back in tomorrow for breakfast before you go…”

• I know she didn’t mean anything by naming me after a flower, but it’s sure not something I tell anybody about.

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Why would “Scary Shed” be an appropriate title for chapter 2?

• The shed is dark.

• Bud thinks there is dried blood on the floor of the shed.

• Bud sees “monster heads” guarding the doorknob of the shed.

• All of these

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What were the three little flat “monster heads” guarding the doorknob of the shed?

• a hornet's nest

• a lion's head

• fish heads

• a blood splatter

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Read the following excerpt from the novel.

A chain rattled, the lock came off and the door creaked open.

Even though it was nighttime there was a whole different, scarier kind of dark in the shed…An old smell leaked out and it seemed like it was the perfect smell that all this gray would have.

What literary device is used?

• simile

• personification

• flashback

• imagery

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He sputtered and muttered and felt the spot where I’d slapped him. Then a big smile came on his face and he stood up and started walking real slow toward where I was on the bed…(page 13)

What can you infer about why Todd smiled in this passage?

• He smiled because he did not feel any pain when he was hit.

• He smiled because he knew his mother was on the way into the room.

• He smiled because he knew that he now had a reason to attack Bud.

• He smiled because he wanted to be friends with Bud.

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At the beginning of Bud, Not Buddy, Bud is sure that when the caseworker comes in and tap-tap-taps down the breakfast line, that ____________________________

• she is running late for work.

• someone is going to get paddled.

• someone is going to a new foster home.

• either someone is going to get paddled or going to a new foster home.

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Where does Bud keep his most valuable possessions?

• in a cloth sack

• in an old trunk

• under his bed

• in a suitcase

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When Bud is in the fight with Todd, what type of conflict is that?

• internal

• external

• both internal and external

• neither internal nor external

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