WorksheetsBud, Not Buddy Chapters 1-5 Vocab & Allusions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
“ We were all standing in line waiting for breakfast when one of the ________________ came in and tap-tap-tapped down the line.”
missions
foster homes
caseworkers
spigots
“ ‘Not only have you struck
him, you have __________ his asthma!’”
crouched
provoked
revenged
sidesaddled
“I walked over to the sink and turned on one of the _________.”
brutes
urchins
decoder rings
spigots
He is described as a giant, lumberjack with a sidekick ox, Babe the Blue Ox.
Paul Bunyan
Pretty Boy Floyd
Paul Robeson
Public Enemy Number One
“I set it on the mattress and untied the ______ that held it together.”
vermin
padlock
twine
jack knife
Director of the FBI known for going after extremely dangerous criminals.
Herbert Hoober
J. Edgar Hoover
John Dillinger
Al Capone
" ‘You are a beastly little ______ and I will not tolerate even one night with you under my roof.’ ”
ingratitude
urchin
mission
brute
“You can't be too sure, though, 'cause it shakes you up a whole lot more than grown folks think it does when perfectly good parts of your body _______ to loosening up and falling off of you.”
crouch
commence
provoke
survive
That diamond ring is the ________ not a fake.
ingratitude
Brer Rabbit
Real McCoy
Louisville Slugger
“The woman said, ‘Now, now, boys, no need to look so ______.’ ”
glum
urchin
padlock
brute
“It was like something was telling me there was a message for me on this flyer but I didn't have the _____ to read what it was.”
padlock
jack knife
spigot
decoder ring
All American football player for Rutgers University
Public Enemy Number One
Paul Robeson
Herbert Hoover
John Dillinger
“I'd have to wake up real early if I wanted to get to the _____ in time for breakfast...”
sidesaddle
foster home
mission
slugger
A reference to a famous type of baseball bat.
Public Enemy Number One
Pretty Boy Floyd
The Real McCoy
Louisville Slugger
“I was _________, I was just like Public Enemy Number One. If J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI saw me now I'd be in some real serious hot water!”
on the lam
crouched
revenge
thrive
