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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which aunt does Bone spend her summer helping to take care of?
(a) Aunt Carr.
(b) Aunt Alma.
(c) Aunt Raylene.
(d) Aunt Ruth.

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

3. Who gives Bone a half-dollar and Reese a quarter?
(a) Uncle Earle.
(b) Mama.
(c) Bodine Waddell.
(d) Glen.

4. What type of cigarette does Glen smoke in Chapter 4?
(a) Marlboros.
(b) Pall Malls.
(c) He rolled his own cigarettes.
(d) None; Glen didn't smoke.

5. In Chapter 5, what about Glen makes Bone nervous?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His smile.
(c) His temper.
(d) His hands.

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

7. How many people are in the downstairs apartment, according to Grey?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

8. What does Boone spend her money earned from washing dishes on?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Soda and candy.
(c) Music.
(d) Secondhand books.

9. What does Bone dream of buying her mother after she became a famous singer?
(a) A yellow Cadillac and a house on Henderson road.
(b) The fanciest house in Greenville.
(c) Her own diner.
(d) Beautiful clothes.

10. What does Bone do on Wednesday nights in Chapter 10?
(a) Attends revivals.
(b) Visits the library.
(c) Listens to the radio.
(d) Attends church services for young people.

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

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

13. Where is Mama working when she meets her second husband?
(a) Gas station.
(b) Sears, Roebuck Auto Outlet.
(c) Textile mill.
(d) White Horse Cafe.

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

15. When and where does the first incident of Glen molesting Bone occur?
(a) In the front seat of the car while Mama was in the hospital.
(b) In the back seat of the car after he lost his job.
(c) In Bone's bedroom soon after the honeymoon.
(d) In the bathroom when he was punishing Bone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shannon Pearl's father do for a living?

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

3. Does Bone ever see her real father?

4. Who compares Glen to a "junkyard dog waiting to steal a bone"?

5. What does Shannon Pearl talk about with Bone?

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