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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose boots are bought in the boys' department of the Sears and Roebuck?
(a) Grey's.
(b) Glen's.
(c) Garvey's.
(d) Boone's.

2. Bone wanted hands as strong as Glen's. How did she exercise them?
(a) By hitting things.
(b) With a black rubber ball.
(c) With a punching bag.
(d) By making fists.

3. Where does the family move to after Bone turned ten years old?
(a) Beaufort.
(b) East Greenville.
(c) West Greenville.
(d) Out in the country.

4. What does Bone steal from the Woolworth's?
(a) Tootsie Rolls.
(b) Soda.
(c) Bubble gum.
(d) Hair barette.

5. Who is Reese's father?
(a) Glen Waddell.
(b) Lyle Parsons.
(c) Earle Boatwright.
(d) Travis Smith.

6. In Chapter 8, Mama expresses concern over Bone being accident prone. What causes Bone's injuries?
(a) Being clumsy.
(b) Physical abuse from Glen.
(c) Self abuse.
(d) Playing rough with her cousins.

7. Who throws Reese up in the air so high that it looks like she is going to fly?
(a) Beau.
(b) Earle.
(c) Wade.
(d) Glen.

8. When Bone's family moves into a new home, Glen sends them outside with scissors to do what?
(a) Cut each other's hair.
(b) Cut flowers.
(c) Dig up weeds.
(d) Clip the grass.

9. In Chapter 5, what about Glen makes Bone nervous?
(a) His smile.
(b) His temper.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His hands.

10. Where does Aunt Carr live?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Dallas.

11. What does Boone compare the hair of her sick aunt to?
(a) A horse's mane.
(b) An old dust mop.
(c) A porcupine.
(d) Orange straw.

12. The instructions for the love knot say that Mama should keep it where?
(a) Bury it in the garden.
(b) Near the front door.
(c) Under the mattress.
(d) In a flower pot.

13. What does Mrs. Parsons give Mama?
(a) A special keepsake.
(b) A letter.
(c) Insurance money from the army.
(d) Berries for making a pie.

14. What season of the year does Mama marry Glen?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

15. Who does Bone take roses from?
(a) Aunt Madeline.
(b) Aunt Ruth.
(c) Aunt Alma.
(d) Aunt Carr.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shannon Pearl's father do for a living?

2. Who is referred to as "black-headed and strange" with a "man-type part"?

3. According to Granny, who is stuck up and full of themselves?

4. What was the first thing Mama did to Glen after he first hit Bone with a belt?

5. Who is Bone's favorite uncle?

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