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Bud, Not Buddy Chapters 1-5 Vocab & Allusions

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“ We were all standing in line waiting for breakfast when one of the ________________ came in and tap-tap-tapped down the line.”

a)

missions

b)

foster homes

c)

caseworkers

d)

spigots

2.

“ ‘Not only have you struck

him, you have __________ his asthma!’”

a)

crouched

b)

provoked

c)

revenged

d)

sidesaddled

3.

“I walked over to the sink and turned on one of the _________.”

a)

brutes

b)

urchins

c)

decoder rings

d)

spigots

4.

He is described as a giant, lumberjack with a sidekick ox, Babe the Blue Ox.

a)

Paul Bunyan

b)

Pretty Boy Floyd

c)

Paul Robeson

d)

Public Enemy Number One

5.

“I set it on the mattress and untied the ______ that held it together.”

a)

vermin

b)

padlock

c)

twine

d)

jack knife

6.

Director of the FBI known for going after extremely dangerous criminals.

a)

Herbert Hoober

b)

J. Edgar Hoover

c)

John Dillinger

d)

Al Capone

7.

" ‘You are a beastly little ______ and I will not tolerate even one night with you under my roof.’ ”

a)

ingratitude

b)

urchin

c)

mission

d)

brute

8.

“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.”

a)

crouch

b)

commence

c)

provoke

d)

survive

9.

That diamond ring is the ________ not a fake.

a)

ingratitude

b)

Brer Rabbit

c)

Real McCoy

d)

Louisville Slugger

10.

“The woman said, ‘Now, now, boys, no need to look so ______.’ ”

a)

glum

b)

urchin

c)

padlock

d)

brute

11.

“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.”

a)

padlock

b)

jack knife

c)

spigot

d)

decoder ring

12.

All American football player for Rutgers University

a)

Public Enemy Number One

b)

Paul Robeson

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

John Dillinger

13.

“I'd have to wake up real early if I wanted to get to the _____ in time for breakfast...”

a)

sidesaddle

b)

foster home

c)

mission

d)

slugger

14.

A reference to a famous type of baseball bat.

a)

Public Enemy Number One

b)

Pretty Boy Floyd

c)

The Real McCoy

d)

Louisville Slugger

15.

“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!”

a)

on the lam

b)

crouched

c)

revenge

d)

thrive