Bud Not Buddy Comprehension Test

Chapter 15 begins with Bud doing what? 

• Hiding in the bathroom of the Sweet Pea because he was embarrased. 
• Arriving at a big house Miss Thomas called "Grand Calloway Station". 
• Confronting Herman E. Calloway about being his father. 
• Driving back to the home with Jimmy from the band. 

Grand Calloway Station got its name from...

• being close to Grand Central Station

• so many people coming and going at all hours of the night, just like Grand Central Station.

• being so large and having a grand entrance

• Calloway wanting everyone to remember it

On page 177, the little doors in the room scared Bud. Who or what did he think were behind the doors? 

• Vampires and hornets
• Todd Amos and his mother
• Mr. Jimmy and Steady Eddie
• Young Frankenstein and the Wolfman

What is the gist of the only rule mentioned in this chapter? 

• Be thankful for the small things. 
• Don't make your lies too hard to remember. 
• When one door opens, another closes. 
• Gone = dead. 

Identify the type of tone shown by Herman E. Calloway when he enters the room where Bud is staying. 

• "happy" and "welcoming" 
• "sad" and "remorseful"
• "angry" and "hostile"
• "carefree" and "wistful" 

Why was Bud excited about the bed?

• it was very large

• it had two sheets like Todd's did

• it was very high up off the ground

• the blanket was his favorite color

What is the exact simile, word-for-word, that Bud uses to explain how he was sleeping at the end of the chapter? 

• "sleeping with my own blanket"
• "sleeping like a dead man"
• "nothing could hurt me now"
• "the last thing I remember"

What is the exact idiom, word-for-word, that Bud uses to explain that the little girl who had stayed in the room before him had died? 

• "the bedroom of the little girl"
• "I wasn't feeling scared or nervous"
• "deep, deep breath"
• "kicked the bucket"

What did Bud find in the drawers?

• Ticonderoga pencils

• rocks

• a bunch of magazines

• pictures of the band

What did Herman E. Calloway say to Bud in the bedroom?

• "You've got the rest of them fooled, but not me."

• "Bud, I don't think you'll be able to fit anything in those closets."

• "I am so glad you are here with me."

• "Thank you for finding me and telling me your story."