BUD, NOT BUDDY--chapters 1 and 2

What is the BEST support for inferring Bud and Jerry don't feel "cheerful, helpful, and grateful" to be going to foster homes?

• "I moved my lips and mumbled."

• "Jerry sat on his bed and I could tell that he was losing the fight not to cry."

• "Here we go again."

• All of the responses support Bud and Jerry not wanting to go to foster homes.

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What is the BEST response for Bud's eyes not crying anymore?

• Bud has no reason to think he'll be disappointed in his new foster home.

• Bud doesn't care about leaving the Home.

• Bud has had to leave the Home so many times he just doesn't cry when he has to leave.

• Bud wants to leave the Home.

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What is the BEST support for Bud thinking six is a tough age?

• "Grown folks..talk to you and expect that you understand everything they mean."

• "Grown folks stop giving you little swats and taps and jump clean up to giving you slugs that'll knock you right down and have you seeing stars in the middle of the day."

• "..it's around then that your teeth start coming a-loose in your mouth."

• All of the answers support why Bud thinks six is a tough age.

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What is so special about the flyer?

• Bud loves jazz.

• Bud thinks the bass player is his father.

• Bud thinks the horn player is his father.

• Bud thinks the drum player is his father.

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Which of the following DOES NOT support the idea that Bud is a good friend to Jerry?

• Bud tells Jerry the girls in his foster home will treat him like "some special kind of pet or something."

• Bud gives Jerry one of the flyers that belonged to his mother.

• Bud sits and waits with Jerry until their new foster parents picked them up.

• Bud tells Jerry that he'll "be great" with his new foster family.

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What provokes Bud to punch Todd?

• Todd dips Bud's fingers in water to make him wet his bed.

• Todd takes Bud's special flyers out of his suitcase and rips them up.

• Todd tells Bud that no one will ever love him.

• Todd sticks a pencil up Bud's nose.

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Which of the following BEST supports the reason Todd's mother called Bud "ungrateful" and threatened to send him back to the Home?

• Mrs. Amos thought Bud was beating up her son.

• Bud wet his bed.

• Bud stole some jewelry from Mrs. Amos.

• Bud was rude to Mr. and Mrs. Amos.

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Which of the following BEST supports how Todd's mother contributes to the way he treats the foster children?

• Mrs. Amos believes everything her son tells her.

• Mrs. Amos takes the time to ask Bud his side of the story.

• Mrs. Amos beats all of the foster children.

• Mrs. Amos thinks her son is a liar.

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Why doesn't Mrs. Amos let Bud take his suitcase with him into the shed?

• She wants Bud to worry about safety of his suitcase.

• She enjoys having power over Bud.

• She is holding the suitcase as collateral.

• All of the answer choices are correct.

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Who is the author of Bud, Not Buddy?

• Christopher Paul Curtis

• Stevie Nicks

• Beverly Cleary

• Scott O'Dell

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