Bud, Not Buddy
Chapter 9 – 14
Answer in a complete sentence.
1. What convinces Bud to finally come out and talk to the man who stopped
to look for him?
2. What is Lefty Lewis hiding from the police? How does Mr. Lewis fella bout
labor unions?
3. Where does Lefty Lewis leave Bud in Grand Rapids?
4. What does Mr. Jimmy do after Bud declares Mr. Calloway to be his father?
5. Which member of the band does Bud meet for the first time at the
restaurant?
6. What did Bud notice when he first stepped inside the Sweet Pea? What
impressed Bud most about eating in a restaurant?
7. How does the librarian help Bud?
8. Bud thought the man in the car was a vampire. What does that tell you
about Bud?
9. Why does Bud notice and appreciate food so much?
10.When he said goodbye, what did Mr. Lewis try to make Bud understand
about the world?
11. Mr. Calloway stopped smiling at Bud at the end of the passage. What did
that mean?
12.Why does Bud seem to feel comfortable with Miss Thomas so quickly?
13. When Bud says his luck must be changing, what does this tell us about
him?
14. What does Bud mean when he says “my eyes don’t cry no more.”
15. If Bud was so happy to be with the band at the restaurant, why did he start
crying?
16.At which point do we know that a conflict has arisen between Bud and
Herman E. Calloway? How do we know this? What does this do to the plot
of the story?
17.What connection do you see between Bud’s experience with Lefty Lewis’s
family and Mr. Calloway’s band? What do these groups have in common?
18. Do you believe Mr. Calloway is Bud’s father?