QuizizzChapter Comprehension Questions - Bud, Not Buddy Chapters 8 and 9 are included in the Reading Quiz.

Bud heard something step on a stick.He jumped up and held his breath because he was aware that something was trying to sneak up on him.Suddenly, whatever it was that was hiding jumped on top of me.

Bugs told me he was sorry, but he knew I liked to sleep with a knife close by, so he had been scared that I might have gotten stabbed.

He was going back to riding the rails after running away.I heard from other kids at the home that you beat up the kid from your foster home and I knew if I went to the library you would show up.

I started asking a lot of questions about what Bugs was going to do.Bugs wanted to know how I beat up the Amoses.

He gave me some information about what it meant to ride the rails.You can get from place to place by hopping from one train to the next.I knew it wasn't legal to do this, but Bugs said it would be okay if we were stealth.

I decided to go with Bugs because he made train hopping sound good.When we decided we wanted to be brothers, Bugs took my hand and I took mine.We said "Now we're brothers forever!".

We had to go to a city called Hooverville in order to catch the train.We didn't know where it was.We decided to walk along the creek and see what we could find.

From behind a big tree, we saw two small fires burning in the distance.We knew we were close.As we got closer, Bugs said, "Shoot, another cardboard jungle."

"A cardboard jungle is where you can get off the train and clean up and get something to eat without the cops chasing you out of town," said Bugs.

We were talking to some guys in the jungle and I realized how big it was.People of all colors were sitting around a fire.One of the men we were talking to said, "All of these people here are just like you, they're tired and hungry and looking for a place to go".

As long as we help with the dishes, the man said, we could have something to eat.We were so hungry that we were excited.When we were done eating, it was time to wash the dishes.

I was told to leave my suitacase when we were going to wash the dishes.I don't like leaving my suitcase, but I trusted that everyone here felt the same way.I knew they wouldn't take anything out of it because no one had a lot.

I went with a girl named Deza to wash the dishes.I was asked a lot of questions by Deza.I told her I was from Michigan.

She said she was going to take the train but had to wait for her father."Where's your mom and dad?" she asked.

I told her that my mother died four years ago.Deza asked about my dad.He left when I was small, and I don't think I ever met him.

I said it's O.K but Deza didn't like that and I should stop pretending.

I told her that my mom used to say that families should be with each other all the time.She used to tell me that she would be with me no matter where I went or what I did.

I told her that my mom used to tell me that I was the most loved little boy in the world.

Deza said that her mother said the poor kids on the road were like dust in the wind.I guess you're different, aren't you?You carry your family with you in your suitcase.

She told me that the police were going to try and stop us from boarding the trains tomorrow and I should be careful.I didn't think about that at all.Bugs said it would be easy.

She closed her eyes and put her face against mine.It felt like a long time after we stuck like that for a few seconds.I had my first kiss after that.

We went to bed after we washed dishes.We passed a few white people with a sick baby.I asked Deza how come they're off by themselves.The white people said they weren't in need of a handout when they were invited and offered help.

All of the things in my suitcase were in order when I counted them.I decided the man in the flyer was my father when I thought about it more and more.Why wouldn't Momma keep them?