This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. Before he sets out for Grand Rapids, what is Bud’s strongest clue that Herman E. Calloway is his father?

A) the blue flyer

B) the bag of rocks

C) the photo of Momma

D) the blanket

2. How does Bud demonstrate courage at the Amoses?

A) He refuses to apologize to Mrs. Amos.

B) He intends to fight Todd until he wins.

C) He does not beg when locked in the shed.

D) He does not care about the stained shed floor.

3. What object belonging to the Amoses does Bud place on the back porch before getting back at Todd?

A) the rubber sheet

B) the shotgun

C) the pencil

D) the jelly jar