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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only story the children act out that they use Bone's cap for?
(a) Johnny Yuma.
(b) Frankenstein.
(c) Swamp Fox.
(d) The Daltons.

2. At the end of the book, where does Bone think Mama will move to?
(a) Virginia or Kentucky.
(b) Alabama or Georgia.
(c) California or Florida.
(d) Maryland or Pennsylvania.

3. Who drives around at night, looking for Glen in order to kill him?
(a) Uncle Earle.
(b) Grey.
(c) Uncle Nevil.
(d) Uncle Beau.

4. What does Bone witness Glen doing as he talks to his father?
(a) Shuffle his feet.
(b) Yell.
(c) Stutter.
(d) Wring his hands.

5. What is Aunt Alma's favorite newspaper clip about the family?
(a) Her wedding announcement.
(b) Anything to do with the Boatright uncles.
(c) A picture of two of her children in a school play.
(d) Uncle Earle's convertible smashed in the barbershop.

6. Where does Bone and Reese sleep the night that her uncles beat Glen?
(a) In a motel.
(b) In the car.
(c) In their house while Glen was at the hospital.
(d) With an aunt.

7. Where is Uncle Earle in Chapter 13?
(a) County farm.
(b) Lives with his ex-wife briefly.
(c) Travels as a trucker.
(d) Stays with Aunt Raylene.

8. In Chapter 17, what happens when Bone snaps at Glen that she didn't hear him?
(a) He beats her with a belt.
(b) He slaps her.
(c) He throws her against the wall.
(d) He yells at her.

9. Where does Mama move herself and the girls after her family discovers that Bone has been abused by Glen?
(a) To an apartment by the railroad tracks.
(b) To an apartment over the Fish Market.
(c) To Raylene's house.
(d) To Alma's house.

10. What is Granny busy with when Mama was growing up?
(a) Working at a farm.
(b) Cleaning house.
(c) Having affairs.
(d) Chasing after the boys or Alma.

11. After Bone refuses to return home, she compares Glen's eyes to what?
(a) Hard blue rocks.
(b) Black granite.
(c) Storm clouds.
(d) A winter storm.

12. Who is pregnant in Chapter 16?
(a) Deedee.
(b) Aunt Alma.
(c) Temple.
(d) Aunt Raylene.

13. Mama is silent and Reese is angry in Chapter 18. Who does Bone blame for this?
(a) Aunt Raylene.
(b) Herself.
(c) Glen.
(d) Uncle Earle.

14. Whose relationship turns competitive in Chapter 12?
(a) Bone and Reese.
(b) Bone and Glen.
(c) Shannon Pearl and Mrs. Pearl.
(d) Bone and Shannon Pearl.

15. How does Bone spend her first days at Aunt Raylene's house after the assault?
(a) Sitting quietly on the front porch.
(b) In bed.
(c) Screaming at her aunt.
(d) Crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Bone is working for her aunt, where does Reese spend her afternoons?

2. What makes Aunt Ruth feel like she was worth something?

3. Everyone who is expected eventually arrives for the funeral except for whom?

4. Who does Deedee say she's seen three times?

5. According to her mother, who loves babies and is a friend to the less fortunate?

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