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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Aunt Alma's oldest girl?
(a) Shirley.
(b) Temple.
(c) Patsy Ruth.
(d) Deedee.

2. What happens when Bone is hungry?
(a) She cries.
(b) Her hands won't stay still.
(c) She sings.
(d) She distracts herself with a book.

3. What does Mama feed the girls when there is little food in the house?
(a) Soda crackers and ketchup.
(b) Biscuits and gravy.
(c) Cold tomato soup.
(d) Blackberries.

4. How many people are in the downstairs apartment, according to Grey?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

5. What states do the gospel circuit run from?
(a) Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina.
(b) South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee.
(c) West Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia.
(d) North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Bone and her sister get to Aunt Alma's in Chapter 6?

2. Why does Bone apologize to Mama at the end of Chapter 17?

3. What does Aunt Alma do that earned her Glen's contempt in Chapter 6?

4. Who knows the words to every song in the Baptist hymnal?

5. What happens to Bone after the funeral?

(see the answer key)

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