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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Glen promise Mama?
(a) To get a better job.
(b) To buy her a house.
(c) To adopt Bone and Reese when he has the money.
(d) To be a better husband.

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

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

4. Who hopes that Anney can give Glen a son?
(a) Granny.
(b) Beau.
(c) Earle.
(d) Nevil.

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

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

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

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

9. Who says this: "A man who really likes women always has a touch of magic"?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Mama.
(c) Alma.
(d) Beau.

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

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

12. What season of the year does Mama marry Glen?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

13. What was Glen's first job after the move in Chapter 8?
(a) Working for a box company.
(b) Driving a route for Dr. Pepper.
(c) Account salesman for a uniform company.
(d) Working at the RC Cola plant.

14. 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.

15. Does Bone ever see her real father?
(a) No.
(b) Yes; when she was five years old.
(c) Yes; eight days after she was born.
(d) Yes; when she was two years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Glen hope to receive from his brother, James?

2. What does Bone dream of buying her mother after she became a famous singer?

3. Who tells Bone that she isn't a racehorse?

4. From whose point of view is "Bastard Out of Carolina" told?

5. What clothing does Bone beg from her aunts?

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