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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bone is a nickname for Ruth Anne. She is named after whom?
(a) Mother and grandmother.
(b) Grandmother and aunt.
(c) Great aunt and cousin.
(d) Aunt and mother.

2. Who tells Mama that Bone is being beaten?
(a) An intern at the hospital.
(b) A nurse at the hospital.
(c) A teacher from school.
(d) Reese.

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

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

5. Who is Mrs. Parsons?
(a) Glen's mother.
(b) Bone's grandmother.
(c) Reese's grandmother.
(d) The woman who runs the diner.

6. What causes Glen to sob in Chapter 4?
(a) He is sorry about molesting Bone.
(b) Mama lost the baby and can't have more.
(c) He loses his job.
(d) An argument with his father.

7. Bone worships her uncles. Who are they?
(a) Beau, Wade, and Earle.
(b) Earle, Beau, and Nevil.
(c) Earle, Nevil, and Travis.
(d) Wade, Beau, and Travis.

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

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

10. Where is Butch living in Chapter 7?
(a) New York.
(b) Florida.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Texas.

11. Who knows the words to every song in the Baptist hymnal?
(a) Shannon Pearl.
(b) Bone.
(c) Mrs. Pearl.
(d) Mama.

12. What is the one thing that saves Glen from the Boatwrights' absolute contempt?
(a) His hands.
(b) His temper.
(c) His family.
(d) His love for Anney.

13. What does Mama cook on the sides of the pan with the eggs?
(a) Green tomato slices.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Fatback.
(d) Biscuits.

14. Whose photographic image is described "as flat and empty as a sheet of tin in the sun"?
(a) Granny.
(b) Glen.
(c) Mama.
(d) Bone.

15. Who comes to the diner almost everyday for lunch?
(a) Travis.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Uncle Earle.
(d) Glen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mama go to the courthouse on Bone's birthday each year?

2. Who was the nurse at the hospital?

3. What happens when Bone is hungry?

4. Who is Reese's father?

5. One of Alma's children is named Annie, but her nickname is what?

(see the answer keys)

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