Bud, Not Buddy Questions

When Bud is in the room he is going to sleep in that night, what makes him think that the room used to be a girl’s room who is now dead?
1) Bud thinks that the room used to be a room of a girl who was now dead because Miss Thomas mentioned that the girl who had been using this room, was gone. In Bud's rule book, the 28th rule is "Gone = Dead". So, this made Bud think that she is dead.

Is Herman E. Calloway happy to have Bud at his home? Give evidence to support your answer.
2) I think that Herman E. Calloway is definitely NOT happy to have Bud at his home, because on page 179 Herman says, "You've got the rest of them fooled, but not me. There's something about you that I don't like." This passage shows that Herman E. Calloway doesn’t like Bud’s presence in his house and around him.

On page 185 we read: “ I can’t believe you, you’ll take care of any stray dog wandering through this neighborhood, but when it comes to a child all of a sudden you have no sympathy.” Who says this and what does he or she mean?
3) When you look at page 185, you can see that Ms. Thomas says, "I can’t believe you, you’ll take care of any stray dog wandering through this neighborhood, but when it comes to a child all of a sudden you have no sympathy." From this passage, you can see that Herman E. Calloway is always willing to take care of anything but Bud, who he thought was a fraud who didn’t like him. Herman E. Calloway still hates Bud until this chapter.

On page 191 Eddie asks Bud: “….are you attached to the suitcase, or is it the things inside that are important?” Why does he ask this? What does he give to Bud?
4) When you look at page 191, Eddie asks Bud, “….are you attached to the suitcase, or is it the things inside that are important?” Steady Eddie asks this because he didn’t like the fact that Bud had to carry such a raggedy, tattered, suitcase everywhere he went. Bud answered that there were special things in the suitcase that he is attached to. Steady Eddie gave his alto saxophone case to Bud to use as his new suitcase.

The band members give Bud the name “Sleepy Labone”. Why?
5) The band members called Bud the name 'Sleepy LaBone' considering the fact that Bud woke up at noon on the first day at the Grand Calloway Station (Sleepy), and the bad members used the “classy” French word La Bone because Bud was too skinny. Therefore, the name ‘Sleepy LaBone was created.