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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) Three months.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

2. Who does Mama tell Bone that Granny loves best?
(a) Her granddaughters.
(b) Her grandsons.
(c) Her three boys.
(d) Her five girls.

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

4. Who tells Mama, "Now you look like a Boatwright"?
(a) Granny.
(b) Aunt Raylene.
(c) Aunt Ruth.
(d) Aunt Alma.

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

6. What does Aunt Alma do that earned her Glen's contempt in Chapter 6?
(a) Has an affair.
(b) Moves out on her husband.
(c) Gets a job.
(d) Abandons her children.

7. Who decides that 'illegitimate' should be stamped on Bone's birth certificate?
(a) Hospital clerk.
(b) County office.
(c) Granny.
(d) The doctor.

8. What is Bone doing before Glen takes her into the bathroom and whips her with a belt?
(a) Running through the house.
(b) Singing.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Talking back.

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

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

11. What does Shannon Pearl's father do for a living?
(a) Operates a Christian bookstore.
(b) Books singers for revivals.
(c) He is a preacher.
(d) Works at the mill.

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

13. 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.

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

15. What does Bone like to listen to on the radio early in the morning?
(a) The Grand Ol' Opry.
(b) The Carter Family Special.
(c) Sunrise Gospel Hour.
(d) Rock and roll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What states do the gospel circuit run from?

2. Who tells Bone that Glen is "pure crazy where your mama's concerned"?

3. According to Bone, Glen smells of after-shave, cigarettes, Coca-Cola, and one more thing. What is that one thing?

4. Who does Bone tell about her dream to be a gospel singer?

5. Who has many jobs, including one at the RC Cola plant?

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