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from Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis

I took one of the papers out, it said:

ATTENTION RAILROAD WORKERS

THE NEWLY FORMED GRAND RAPIDS

BRANCH OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF

PULLMAN PORTERS (1) WILL BE HOLDING AN

INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY,

JULY 23, 1936. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES

PLEASE COME TO 2345 COLDBROOK AT 9:00.

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.

YOU KNOW WHAT WE’RE UP AGAINST—

PLEASE KEEP THIS AS CONFIDENTIAL (2) AS POSSIBLE.

It was starting to make sense. I said, “Mr. Lewis, are you one of those labor organizers?”

He laughed. “Not really, Bud. I’m picking these up so we can pass them out in Grand Rapids. We’ve been negotiating to get a union for the Pullman porters for years now and nowhere in Grand Rapids will print these flyers for us. The only place that would do them is all the way in Flint. You were running away to a pretty hot town, young man.”

1 Pullman porters: African-American men who assisted passengers on sleeping cars of a train

2 confidential: Secretive

Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy. Laurel-Leaf Books, 2004, pp. 138–139.

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PART A:
What can be inferred about the meeting on July 23?

The members would be in danger if certain people found out about the meeting.

Protesters are going to gather to stop the meeting.

The labor organizers were not allowed to hold the meeting in Flint.

Mr. Lewis will be running the meeting.

RL.6.1

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PART B:
What line from the passage best supports the answer to PART A?

"ALL INTERESTED PARTIES"

"YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST"

"It was starting to make sense."

"We've been negotiating to get a union for the Pullman porters"

RL.6.1

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PART AA:
Mr. Lewis calls Grand Rapids "a pretty hot town." What does this phrase suggest about Flint?

There's been a fire in the center of town causing it to be very hot.

It might not be safe for Bud because of the warm weather.

It is a place where people are taking action to support workers.

People there like to have fun and go out to nightclubs.

L.6.5.a

RL.6.4

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PART BB:
Which context supports the answer to PART AA?

"THE NEWLY FORMED GRAND RAPIDS BRANCH OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF PULLMAN PORTERS"

"REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED."

"It was starting to make sense.

"The only place that would do them is all the way in Flint."

L.6.4.a

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Part AAA
This item has two parts. Answer part AAA; then part BBB.
According to this passage, what are two challenges the organizers of the Pullman porters’ labor union face?

Many workers do not understand the benefits of a labor union.

Some people will not help because they fear they will get in trouble.

The organizers must meet in Flint because Grand Rapids is too dangerous.

The meetings must be secret because there are people who oppose the union.

RL.6.2

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Part BBB:
Which two pieces of evidence best support the answer to PART A?

“HOLDING AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING”

“I’m picking these up so we can pass them out in Grand Rapids.”

“We’ve been negotiating to get a union for the Pullman porters for years now.”

“nowhere in Grand Rapids will print these flyers for us”

RL.6.2

Bud, Not Buddy - Lesson 9

Bud, Not Buddy - Lesson 9

PART A:
What can be inferred about the meeting on July 23?

PART B:
What line from the passage best supports the answer to PART A?

PART AA:
Mr. Lewis calls Grand Rapids "a pretty hot town." What does this phrase suggest about Flint?

PART BB:
Which context supports the answer to PART AA?

Part AAA
This item has two parts. Answer part AAA; then part BBB.
According to this passage, what are two challenges the organizers of the Pullman porters’ labor union face?

Part BBB:
Which two pieces of evidence best support the answer to PART A?

PART A:
What can be inferred about the meeting on July 23?

PART B:
What line from the passage best supports the answer to PART A?

PART AA:
Mr. Lewis calls Grand Rapids "a pretty hot town." What does this phrase suggest about Flint?

PART BB:
Which context supports the answer to PART AA?

Part AAA
This item has two parts. Answer part AAA; then part BBB.
According to this passage, what are two challenges the organizers of the Pullman porters’ labor union face?

Part BBB:
Which two pieces of evidence best support the answer to PART A?

Bud, Not Buddy - Lesson 9

Bud, Not Buddy - Lesson 9

PART A:What can be inferred about the meeting on July 23?

PART B:What line from the passage best supports the answer to PART A?

PART AA:Mr. Lewis calls Grand Rapids "a pretty hot town." What does this phrase suggest about Flint?

PART BB:Which context supports the answer to PART AA?

Part AAAThis item has two parts. Answer part AAA; then part BBB.According to this passage, what are two challenges the organizers of the Pullman porters’ labor union face?

Part BBB: Which two pieces of evidence best support the answer to PART A?

PART A:What can be inferred about the meeting on July 23?

PART B:What line from the passage best supports the answer to PART A?

PART AA:Mr. Lewis calls Grand Rapids "a pretty hot town." What does this phrase suggest about Flint?

PART BB:Which context supports the answer to PART AA?

Part AAAThis item has two parts. Answer part AAA; then part BBB.According to this passage, what are two challenges the organizers of the Pullman porters’ labor union face?

Part BBB: Which two pieces of evidence best support the answer to PART A?

PART A:
What can be inferred about the meeting on July 23?

PART B:
What line from the passage best supports the answer to PART A?

PART AA:
Mr. Lewis calls Grand Rapids "a pretty hot town." What does this phrase suggest about Flint?

PART BB:
Which context supports the answer to PART AA?

Part AAA
This item has two parts. Answer part AAA; then part BBB.
According to this passage, what are two challenges the organizers of the Pullman porters’ labor union face?

Part BBB:
Which two pieces of evidence best support the answer to PART A?

PART A:
What can be inferred about the meeting on July 23?

PART B:
What line from the passage best supports the answer to PART A?

PART AA:
Mr. Lewis calls Grand Rapids "a pretty hot town." What does this phrase suggest about Flint?

PART BB:
Which context supports the answer to PART AA?

Part AAA
This item has two parts. Answer part AAA; then part BBB.
According to this passage, what are two challenges the organizers of the Pullman porters’ labor union face?

Part BBB:
Which two pieces of evidence best support the answer to PART A?