Bud, Not Buddy
Chapter 1 -4
Answer in a complete sentence.
1. What is the name of the foster family Bud is sent to live with?
2. Why does Mrs. Amos decide that Bud must spend the night in the shed?
3. Why does Bud attack the hornet’s nest in the shed with a stick?
4. What does Bud do with the Amoses’ shotgun?
5. What does Bud do for revenge before he runs away?
6. When Mrs. Amos comes into the boys’ room, Todd is kicking Bud while Bud
tries to get under the bed for protection. Then, when he sees his mother in
the doorway, Todd pretends to have an asthma attack and says he was only
trying to help Bud. Why does Mrs. Amos believe Todd’s story?
7. What does it say about the Amoses when they look through Bud’s suitcase
although they promised they wouldn’t?
8. What has Bud’s life been like since his Momma died?
9. Why is Bud’s suitcase so important to him?
10.How does Bud feel about being locked up in the shed?
11.From whose point of view is this story told? How do we know this?
12.How does reading Bud’s story from his point of view affect what we learn
about events that take place?
13.What do you think it says about Bud that he imagined using the Amoses’
shotgun to get revenge on them but, then, hid the gun out on the porch
instead?