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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Earle, every third family in Greenville County swears it's what?
(a) Irish.
(b) Creek.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Scottish.

3. After getting off work, what does Mama smell like in Chapter 3?
(a) Salt and fried food.
(b) Beer.
(c) Sugar and cream.
(d) Coffee and smoke.

4. Who takes photos of everyone with a camera in Chapter 3?
(a) Granny.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Alma.

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

6. Where does the family move to after Bone turned ten years old?
(a) East Greenville.
(b) Out in the country.
(c) Beaufort.
(d) West Greenville.

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

8. How long did Mama and the kids live away from Glen?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 10 days.

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

10. Who is Bone's favorite uncle?
(a) Beau.
(b) Travis.
(c) Earle.
(d) Nevil.

11. Everyone knows that the Boatwright boys can be mean and have been to jail. How many Boatwright boys are there?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

12. How long does Mama date Glen?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

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

14. Who gets caught stealing a quart of RC Cola from the grocery store?
(a) Grey.
(b) Garvey.
(c) Bone.
(d) Reese.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When and where does the first incident of Glen molesting Bone occur?

2. According to Aunt Madeline, kids are what?

3. What does Mama cook on the sides of the pan with the eggs?

4. In Chapter 8, Mama expresses concern over Bone being accident prone. What causes Bone's injuries?

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

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