Vocabulary & Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement
or answers the question.
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Ilk: a. | Started; induced | c. | Not permanent; just for a little
while | b. | kind, group, sort, set | d. | Sad | | | | |
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Tolerate: a. | Low-life creatures like rats &
mice | c. | Lightly or
gently pushed | b. | Temporary care | d. | Put up with; endure | | | | |
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Hoodlum: a. | nervously moving about or
twitching | c. | a small-time
criminal | b. | an act of God, something
amazing | d. | carried | | | | |
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Fumbling: a. | Hotness or coolness | c. | Illness causing difficulty breathing | b. | Clumsily
handling things | d. | Unthankfulness | | | | |
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Ingratitude: a. | Hotness or coolness | c. | Illness causing difficulty breathing | b. | Clumsily
handling things | d. | Unthankfulness | | | | |
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Nudged: a. | Low-life creatures like rats &
mice | c. | Lightly or
gently pushed | b. | Temporary care | d. | Put up with; endure | | | | |
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Foster: a. | Low-life creatures like rats &
mice | c. | Lightly or
gently pushed | b. | Temporary care | d. | Put up with; endure | | | | |
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Glum: a. | Started; induced | c. | Not permanent; just for a little
while | b. | kind, group, sort, set | d. | Sad | | | | |
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Miracle: a. | nervously moving about or
twitching | c. | a small-time
criminal | b. | an act of God, something
amazing | d. | carried | | | | |
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Fidgeting: a. | nervously moving about or
twitching | c. | a small-time
criminal | b. | an act of God, something
amazing | d. | carried | | | | |
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Torturing: a. | Repeatedly demanded | c. | Charitable, usually religious, place of help for the
needy. | b. | Small in size | d. | Mistreating, tormenting, abusing. | | | | |
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Temperature a. | Hotness or coolness | c. | Illness causing difficulty breathing | b. | Clumsily
handling things | d. | Unthankfulness | | | | |
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Vermin: a. | Low-life creatures like rats &
mice | c. | Lightly or
gently pushed | b. | Temporary care | d. | Put up with; endure | | | | |
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Lugged: a. | nervously moving about or
twitching | c. | a small-time
criminal | b. | an act of God, something
amazing | d. | carried | | | | |
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Asthma: a. | Hotness or coolness | c. | Illness causing difficulty breathing | b. | Clumsily
handling things | d. | Unthankfulness | | | | |
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Midget: a. | Repeatedly demanded | c. | Charitable, usually religious, place of help for the
needy. | b. | Small in size | d. | Mistreating, tormenting, abusing. | | | | |
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Provoked: a. | Started; induced | c. | Not permanent; just for a little
while | b. | kind, group, sort, set | d. | Sad | | | | |
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Mission: a. | Repeatedly demanded | c. | Charitable, usually religious, place of help for the
needy. | b. | Small in size | d. | Mistreating, tormenting, abusing. | | | | |
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Insisted: a. | Repeatedly demanded | c. | Charitable, usually religious, place of help for the
needy. | b. | Small in size | d. | Mistreating, tormenting, abusing. | | | | |
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Temporary: a. | Started; induced | c. | Not permanent; just for a little
while | b. | kind, group, sort, set | d. | Sad | | | | |
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What
was Bud’s first impression of Herman E. Calloway? a. | He’d be a
swell dad. | c. | He smelled like
stale smoke and booze. | b. | He seemed like he’d be hard to get along
with. | d. | He was just an
average guy but would do nicely as a dad. | | | | |
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Identify Sweet Pea. a. | Sweet Pea was the band’s nickname for Herman E.
Calloway. | c. | Sweet Pea was
the name of the restaurant the band ate at frequently. | b. | Sweet Pea was
the band’s code for “Mr. Calloway is coming.” | d. | Sweet Pea was Bud’s nickname. | | | | |
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Who
was Miss Thomas? a. | She was Mr.
Calloway’s wife. She just used Thomas as a stage name. | c. | She was Herman E. Calloway’s
daughter. | b. | She was the band’s vocalist who had a special relationship
with Mr. Calloway. | d. | She was
Lefty’s daughter. | | | | |
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What
hit Bud as hard as Snaggleooth MacNevin had smacked Herman E. Calloway? a. | Mr.
Calloway’s fist hit him. | c. | Mr.
Calloway’s bad humor hit Bud hard. | b. | The band’s music did. | d. | The realization that this was where he belonged hit Bud
hard. | | | | |
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What
did Bud decide when he realized that this was where he was supposed to be? a. | He decided he
would work hard and do everything he could to make everyone there love
him. | c. | He decided it
would take a lot more than a grouchy, old, bald-headed guy with a tremendous belly to run him
out. | b. | He decided that
even though it was where he was supposed to be, he didn’t really like being there and would take
the first opportunity to go back to Flint. | d. | He decided Mr. Calloway wasn’t really so bad after
all. | | | | |
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Why
did Bud cry? a. | Herman E.
Calloway wasn’t his father, he was disappointed to have to keep looking for his
relatives. | c. | He missed his
mother and really wanted her advice. | b. | He was happy and relieved to be
home. | d. | Miss Thomas
reminded him so much of his mother, it was too much for him. He just broke down and
cried. | | | | |
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