Bud Not Buddy Chapter 15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBm6C0lpEpc&list=PLahimd4bK_QYLgYp9hU188h0-VwfkB5O_&index=16

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. Why is the house called Grand Calloway Station?
2. Why did the two doors scare Bud?
3. What does Herman E. Calloway do when he goes into the room?

Bud Not Buddy Chapter 16

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. What does Bud see on the chair that makes his eyes sting?
2. Why does Bud make all that noise coming down stairs?
3. How long did Bud sleep?
4. What did Steady Eddie give Bud?
5. What is Bud’s new band name? Why was he given that name?

Bud Not Buddy Chapter 17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujgDJNOT4S4&list=PLahimd4bK_QYLgYp9hU188h0-VwfkB5O_&index=18

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. What were some of Bud’s chores?
2. What kind of figurative language does Christopher Paul Curtis use to describe the band’s musical abilities?

Bud Not Buddy Chapter 18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqhceJuNl8k&list=PLahimd4bK_QYLgYp9hU188h0-VwfkB5O_&index=19

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. According to Bud, what were the band’s favorite things to do?
2. What is the practical reason The Deed is in the band?
3. What is the bad news Mr. Jimmy tells Bud?
4. What was in the glove box of the car?
5. What does Bud show Herman?
6. Is Herman Bud’s father? Who is he?

Bud Not Buddy Chapter 19

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. Where was Herman sitting when Bud walked into the room? What was he doing?
2. What did Bud realize about the room he’d been sleeping in?
3. Why did Angela run away?
4. What is the meaning behind the rocks?
5. What does Steady Eddie and the band give to Bud?
6. What does Bud do with his Mom’s pictures?
7. Why is Bud excited at the end of the story?

Bud Not Buddy Afterword

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7apCQ70_XkA&list=PLahimd4bK_QYLgYp9hU188h0-VwfkB5O_&index=21
Reading Comprehension Questions

1. Which people inspired Lefty Lewis and Herman E. Calloway?
2. Why was entertainment an important part of life during the depression?
3. The Great Depression was difficult for nearly everyone, but why was it extremely difficult for African Americans?
4. What were some of the effects of the Great Depression?
5. What advice does Christopher Paul Curtis give to readers? Why does he offer this advice?