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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Mama date Glen?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

2. What is one of the pretend meals that Bone and Reese make up?
(a) Sugar-glazed turtle meat with poson greens.
(b) Mashed bug meat with pickles.
(c) Peanut butter and steamed daffodils.
(d) Fried rutabagas and jellos.

3. Who compares Glen to a "junkyard dog waiting to steal a bone"?
(a) Granny.
(b) Bone.
(c) Earle.
(d) Alma.

4. Who can't sleep past sunrise?
(a) Reese.
(b) Mama.
(c) Glen.
(d) Bone.

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

6. What is Glen grinning and boasting about in Chapter 4?
(a) His new job.
(b) His new house.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Mama is pregnant.

7. Who tells Bone that Glen is "pure crazy where your mama's concerned"?
(a) Granny.
(b) Alma.
(c) Temple.
(d) Garvey.

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

9. What preceded Glen talking badly about Boatwrights in Chapter 8?
(a) The Boatwright uncles made fun of Glen.
(b) Granny called Glen silly.
(c) Uncle Earle gave Mama money.
(d) Glen and Uncle Earle had an argument.

10. Who does Granny call an "ugly, ugly little thing"?
(a) Little Earle.
(b) Bone.
(c) Patsy Ruth.
(d) Grey.

11. Why does Deedee agree to come home and help care for her mother?
(a) Her mother was dying.
(b) She lost her job and home.
(c) She just left a bad relationship.
(d) Her father would make payments on her car.

12. What does Glen hope to receive from his brother, James?
(a) A job.
(b) A house.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Money.

13. What does Mama pack for the picnic?
(a) Chicken hash and Jell-O.
(b) Sandwiches and apples.
(c) Fried chicken and biscuits.
(d) Ham and watermelon.

14. Who are Marvella and Maybelle?
(a) Glen's sisters.
(b) Mama's friends at the diner.
(c) The Eustis aunts.
(d) Neighbors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What season of the year does Mama marry Glen?

2. Which aunt does Bone spend her summer helping to take care of?

3. Who gets caught stealing a quart of RC Cola from the grocery store?

4. What happens when Bone is hungry?

5. Who is Reese's father?

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