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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who cleans Bone's house in Chapter 4?
(a) Aunt Ruth.
(b) Aunt Raylene.
(c) Bone.
(d) Aunt Alma.

4. Who is referred to as "black-headed and strange" with a "man-type part"?
(a) Raylene.
(b) Bone.
(c) Earle.
(d) Glenn.

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

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

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

8. What do the Waddell's call Bone and Reese?
(a) Glen's girls.
(b) Boatwrights.
(c) Trash.
(d) Anney's girls.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What color is Bone's hair?
(a) Red-blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Midnight black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mama tell Bone that Granny loves best?

2. Where does the family move to after Bone turned ten years old?

3. What does Mama feed the girls when there is little food in the house?

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

5. What was Glen's first job after the move in Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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