Matching (2 points each)

1. Matching (2 points each) Match the historical reference on the left with the correct description on the right: 1) Herbert Hoover(Ch. 8) A. A notorious bank robber and murderer. Killed in a gunfight in 1934. 2) Paul Bunyan (Ch. 3) B. Famous African-American scientist know for his work with sweet potato and peanuts 3) Ku Kluxer (Ku Klux Klan) C. U.S. President from 1929-1933 (Ch. 12) 4) John Brown (Ch. 12) D. An American folklore legend 5) George Washington Carver E. a secretive organization which used (Ch. 11) violence to deny political freedoms to African-Americans 6) Pretty Boy Floyd F. An extreme abolitionist he lead a raid (Ch. 4) which resulted in the death of 5 slavery supporters Metaphor Simile Onomatopoeia Idiom Hyperbole Oxymoron Personification I put my head down and stared shooting out apologies like John Dillinger shot out bullets. After about 15 minutes of screaming the joint down … If J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI saw me now I’d be in some real serious hot water. Inside-the-house outhouse The locomotive was hissing and spitting… … she was the sun bursting through thick, gray clouds. La da de da de dada, ha, whee a ho, ha whee a ho, ha whee a day.

2. Short Answer (5 points each) 14) What reasons does Bud give to his friend Jerry that Why living with three girls is better than being with an older boy? 15) What are three bad or negative things Bud associates with being six? 16) What does Bud mean when he says of Mrs. Amos, “In her eyes Todd’s mouth was a prayer book”? 17) How did Bud’s friend Bugs get his nickname? 18) Why doesn’t Bud let people call him Buddy? 19) What saying of Bud’s Momma makes him worry about ghosts? 20 How did Bud get breakfast when he arrived at the mission after the attendant closed the line? 21) How did the lady in the library break Rule Number 16? 22) What was a “Hooverville”? 23) What are the three reasons that the band gives Bud the stage name Sleepy LaBone? 24) For what two reasons does Mr. Calloway always keep one white musician in his band? 25) Why did Bud’s mother run away from home? Essay (15 points) Bud put together his own list of rules which were really his observations about human behavior and how to keep himself safe and relatively happy. Think about his rules and about the good experiences he had. Write an essay (pargraph) about what Bud has taught you about finding happiness and a place where you belong.