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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Bone is sitting on her aunt's porch, what music does she listen to?
(a) Gospel music.
(b) Kitty Wells and George Jones.
(c) Loretta Lynn.
(d) Johnny Cash and June Carter.

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

3. Where is Glen when Mama cooks eggs for Bone and Reese?
(a) In the kitchen with the family.
(b) In front of the television in the living room.
(c) He has left the house in anger.
(d) On the front porch smoking.

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

5. From whose point of view is "Bastard Out of Carolina" told?
(a) Reese.
(b) Omniscient.
(c) Bone.
(d) Mama.

6. Who is Matthew Parsons?
(a) Mrs. Parsons' son.
(b) Mrs. Parsons' cousin.
(c) Mrs. Parsons' husband.
(d) Mrs. Parsons' brother.

7. According to Granny, who is stuck up and full of themselves?
(a) Bone's real father's family.
(b) The preacher's family.
(c) Lyle's family.
(d) The Waddells.

8. How does Mama's first husband die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Someone stabbed him.
(c) Someone shot him.
(d) Car accident.

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

10. Where is the first place that Glen moves the family to?
(a) Next door to Beau.
(b) By the JC Penney mill near the railroad tracks.
(c) Close to his brother.
(d) In the next county.

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

12. What role does Bone play in the wedding?
(a) Carried the flowers.
(b) Bridesmaid.
(c) Gave the bride away.
(d) Carried the rings.

13. How old is Mama when Bone was born?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

14. What does Bone feel when she passes the Woolworth's windows?
(a) Hunger and hatred.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Mean.
(d) Embarrassment.

15. Who owns Sunshine Dairy?
(a) Butch James.
(b) Bodine Waddell.
(c) Daryl Boatwright.
(d) Danny Yarboro.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Aunt Madeline, kids are what?

2. Where is Butch living in Chapter 7?

3. Does Bone ever see her real father?

4. Who was the nurse at the hospital?

5. What happens when Bone is hungry?

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