In Bud, Not Buddy, Bud begins, “Here we go again.” What does the reader get because Bud is telling the scene?

Bud insists, “It’s Bud, not Buddy, ma’am.” How does his first-person telling shape this moment?

Bud’s “Rules and Things” appear in his own voice. What does that choice help readers understand?

When Bud tells about being shut in the shed, how does first-person narration shape the scene?

Bud explains why the things in his suitcase matter. What does his narration add?

When Bud describes “Hooverville,” what does his point of view especially show?

Bud studies flyers and clues about “Herman E. Calloway.” How does Bud’s telling shape that search?

When Bud rides with “Lefty Lewis,” what can a first-person narrator not report for sure?

In the Amos home scenes, what is outside Bud’s certain knowledge?

When Bud remembers the library, what can he report most reliably?

At Calloway’s house, what can Bud’s first-person account not tell the reader for sure?

During band scenes, what can Bud not know for certain from first-person view?

A Bud passage using “I” and “me” is told from what point of view, and how would third person differ?

If Todd Amos told the fight scene with Bud in his own first-person voice, what would change?

The phrase “my suitcase” signals what point of view in Bud’s narration?

If Bud’s scene were retold in third person limited, what would most likely stay limited?

If Bud’s scene were retold by an all-knowing third-person narrator, what could be added?

Bud loved his Momma and remembers her sayings. How does that stake color what he tells about her?

Bud wants readers to understand why he runs from danger. How can that stake shape the shed episode?

Bud sometimes misreads what adults mean. How can a reader understand more than Bud does?