| A | B |
| What book did Bud's mom read to him | 20,000 Leaks Under the Sea |
| What did Steady Eddie play | the saxaphone and it sounded like it talked |
| What did Dirty Deed play | the piano |
| What did the Thug play | the drums |
| What did Herman E. Calloway play? | the fiddle |
| What did Mr. Jimmy play | the trumpet |
| What did Miss Thomas play | she didn't play, she sang |
| Why does Calloway need a white guy in the band? | it's against the law for a Negro to own property |
| Whose name did Calloway put the log cabin in | Mr. Deed |
| What did YMCA tell the kids from the orphanage | if you pee in the pool a red dye will form and we'll know you did it |
| Where would they have to swim if they peed in the YMCA pool | in the Flint river |
| What did Calloway ask Bud to pick up for him | a rock |
| What did Bud show Calloway that he thought Bud had stolen | a rock with a date on it |
| What was Bud's mom's name | Angela Janet Caldwell |
| How old was Bud when his mom died | 6 |
| Bud's mom passed, what does that mean | died |
| How did Bud show them what his mom looked like | he showed them her picture |
| Whose room did Bud sleep in at Calloway's house? | his mom's |
| Who did Bud's mom run off with? | one of Calloway's drummers |
| Why was the hurt of Angela's death brand new for Calloway, 4 years after her death | because they just found out |
| Why does Calloway collect rocks | when his daughter was 4 or 5 she said she wanted a rock from Chicago |
| After that Calloway got a rock for his daughter | each time he travelled with the band |
| What had the Dusky Devastators of the Depression buy for Bud | a baby sized saxophone |
| Who said they would give Bud lessons on the sax | Steady Eddie |
| How long did Bud say it would take him to play as well as the band | 3 weeks |
| What did Bud give to Calloway | the rocks he had gotten from his mom |
| Where did Bud put the picture of his mom | on the wall with the horses and ponies |
| When does this book take place? | during the 1930's the Great Depression |