bud not buddy ch 9-12

Why did Bud like Civil War books?

• He like looking for his family's name in them.
• He liked history; it gave him a sense of roots that he didn't have with family.
• They smelled good and reminded him of when his mother read to him.
• They had the best gory pictures. 

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According to Bud, how are ideas like seeds? 

• They start small and grow bigger than you ever thought they could.
• They don't take root unless you tend to them. 
• They need a lot of weeding to keep the bad parts out. 
• You have to dig a hole before they can really get started. 

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When did Bud's idea that Herman E. Calloway might be his father start growing? 

• His mother told him. 
• A kid teasing him bet him a nickel he didn't know who his father was. In desperation, Bud blurted out it was Herman E. Calloway before he really thought about it. 
• The librarian suggested Bud should try to find Herman E. Calloway, so Bud assumed she must have known he was a relative. 
• He could see the family resemblence in the picture. 

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He was "quick as a rabbit" is an example of a...

• idiom
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

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Why did Bud decide to talk across the state of Michigan from Flint to Grand Rapids?

• He thought that if he would travel around the state he surely would find someone who he was related to him.
• He wanted to find Miss Hill to see if she had any information that would help him.
• He knew he had to get out of Flint before the people from the home found him and sent him back there. He thought Grand Rapids was as good of a direction to go as any. 
• He knew that Herman E. Calloway was in Grand Rapids, and he wanted to find him. 

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Why did Bud tell the man he had run away from Grand Rapids?

• He said that because it was true.
• He said that so the man would take him there.
• He said that just to tell him something; it didn't matter what.
• He said that thinking it would make the man leave him alone. 

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Why did Bud try to drive away with the man's car?

• Bud wanted to see if he could drive.
• Bud was afraid of the man because he thought he was a vampire.
• Bud decided to go to Grand Rapids on his own, and this was an opportunity to do that.
• The man made Bud angry; Bud's revenge was to take the car. 

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After Bud got in the car with Lefty Lewis on the side of the road, Bud fell asleep, Lefty dropped the blood of at the ______________.

• house
• drop box
• hospital
• nurses house

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Lefty Lewis sent a telegram to who?

• his daughter
• Bud's dad
• Bud's mom
• the people at the Home

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As Bud and Lefty left Flint what happened?

• they got a flat tire
• Lefty's cell phone rang
• the police pulled the over
• they got in an accident

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