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. 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

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

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

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. 

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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" 

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

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"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What did Bud find in the drawers?

• Ticonderoga pencils

• rocks

• a bunch of magazines

• pictures of the band

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

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."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3