Q 01/05

Which children's book prize did Bud, Not Buddy win, a first for an African American man?

A) Caldecott Medal

B) Carnegie Medal

C) Newbery Medal

D) Printz Award

Answer · why

C) Newbery Medal

The Newbery Medal came more than twenty years after an African American author first received it. Bud's story also collected fourteen different state ...

Q 02/05

Herman E. Calloway, the bandleader Bud is sure is his father, turns out to be which relative?

A) His great-uncle

B) His grandfather

C) His godfather

D) His stepfather

Answer · why

B) His grandfather

His grandfather is the truth that comes out when Bud shouts his mother's name. Bud is privately relieved that the grumpy old man with the big belly is...

Q 03/05

What does Bud Caldwell smash with a rake in a dark shed, believing it is a bat about to attack?

A) A hornets' nest

B) A sleeping owl

C) A paper lantern

D) A sack of onions

Answer · why

A) A hornets' nest

A hornets' nest splits open and the swarm stings Bud until he breaks out through the shed window. Furious, he decides to get even with his foster fami...

Q 04/05

Bud's Momma called a bud 'a little fist of' what, 'waiting to unfold and be seen by the world'?

A) Hope

B) Love

C) Joy

D) Light

Answer · why

B) Love

Love is the word Momma chose: a bud, she said, is a flower-to-be, 'a little fist of love waiting to unfold'. Buddy, she added, was a name for a dog.

Q 05/05

The shantytown outside Flint where Bud is fed supper is of a kind named to mock which president?

A) Calvin Coolidge

B) Herbert Hoover

C) Franklin Roosevelt

D) Woodrow Wilson

Answer · why

B) Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover was president when the Depression began and was widely blamed for it, so homeless camps everywhere became Hoovervilles. Bud and Bugs fi...