Name ________________________________
Seventh grade summer reading selection
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Due: THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Directions: After reading Bud, Not Buddy, answer the following true/false questions. If the
statement is true, place a “plus sign” (+) on the blank. If the statement is false, place a “zero”
(0) on the blank and then rewrite the sentence making it a true statement. There is no need to
rewrite “true” statements. Remember to respond in complete sentences with beginning
capitalization and ending punctuation.
Example: 0 Bud carries his personal possessions in a brown paper grocery bag.
Bud carries his personal possessions in an old suitcase.
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1. _____ The story’s setting was in Michigan during World War II.
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2. _____ The Amos’s son exhibited his dishonesty when he fakes an appendicitis attack.
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3. _____ Bud realized the Amoses must have searched his belongings because some items
were missing.
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4. _____ Miss Hill, Bud’s favorite librarian, left her job to get married and moved to Chicago
with her husband.
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Turn to the back for more questions.
5. _____ A “Hooverville” was a city occupied by homeless and jobless people.
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6. _____ The new librarian gave Bud a book about the American Revolutionary War.
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7. _____ Bugs, Bud’s best friend, got his name because a cockroach once crawled into his ear.
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8. _____ Mr. Calloway’s band members took Bud to the Lily of the Valley Restaurant.
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9. _____ The vocalist for the band was Miss Thomas.
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10. _____ Bud received his first saxophone from Doug “The Thug” Tennant.
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