View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after Deedee refuses to go to the funeral?
(a) Aunt Raylene slaps her.
(b) She runs to her room crying.
(c) She runs away.
(d) Her father yells at her.

2. What is "the backbone of the Pearl family income"?
(a) An inheritance.
(b) A percentage from the revivals.
(c) Welfare checks.
(d) Mrs. Pearl's specialty sewing.

3. Why does Bone apologize to Mama at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Mama discovers Bone has been sexually abused.
(b) The family discovers that Glen beats her.
(c) For breaking into the Woolworth's.
(d) For yelling at Glen.

4. What does Shannon Pearl talk about with Bone?
(a) God and the Bible.
(b) School.
(c) She tells gruesome stories.
(d) The meanness of other children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Alma's children is named Annie, but her nickname is what?

2. What color are Shannon Pearl's eyes?

3. Everyone who is expected eventually arrives for the funeral except for whom?

4. What does Mama cook on the sides of the pan with the eggs?

5. Who is Aunt Alma's oldest girl?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 215 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample