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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Aunt Raylene, who has a "spirit of meanness" at birth?
(a) Glen.
(b) Bone.
(c) Grey.
(d) Uncle Earle.

2. Who says that Alma has "gone crazy as a milk cow"?
(a) Little Earle.
(b) Grace.
(c) Uncle Earle.
(d) Patsy Ruth.

3. When Mama and Aunt Alma are talking, who do they say that Bone looks like?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Mama.
(c) Alma.
(d) Great-Aunt Malvena.

4. The special item that Bone fishes out of the river is carried home in a sack along with what?
(a) Hand-me-downs.
(b) Dirty clothes.
(c) Canned food.
(d) Zucchini and cucumbers.

5. What does Bone try to defend herself with against Glen in Chapter 20?
(a) Aunt Alma's razor.
(b) A rock.
(c) A jar of peanut butter.
(d) A butter knife.

6. Who stays with Bone in the hospital?
(a) Temple.
(b) Patsy Ruth.
(c) Aunt Raylene.
(d) Aunt Alma.

7. Who tells Reese that she can't "scare a chicken off a nest of water moccasins"?
(a) Grey.
(b) Bone.
(c) Little Earle.
(d) Patsy Ruth.

8. While Bone is working for her aunt, where does Reese spend her afternoons?
(a) Playing with her cousins.
(b) Running around on her own.
(c) At home with Glen.
(d) Bible classes as Jesus Love Academy.

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

10. Bone is giggling at the puppies when a Ford pulled up. Who is in the Ford?
(a) Uncle Earle.
(b) Wade.
(c) Mama.
(d) Glen.

11. What makes Aunt Ruth feel like she was worth something?
(a) Being married.
(b) Being pregnant.
(c) Having money.
(d) Being thin.

12. What Boatwright relative busts in on Bone and the sheriff without permission?
(a) Aunt Alma.
(b) Uncle Beau.
(c) Aunt Raylene.
(d) Uncle Nevil.

13. What does Aunt Raylene bring when she visits Mama and the girls after they move away from Glen?
(a) A bottle of whisky.
(b) Home-canned blackberries.
(c) A carton of cigarattes.
(d) Home grown vegetables.

14. Who does Deedee say she's seen three times?
(a) Johnny Cash.
(b) Conway Twitty.
(c) Elvis.
(d) The Silhouettes.

15. What leads to Alma's breakdown?
(a) The death of her sister, Ruth.
(b) Wanting a baby, but her husband refusing.
(c) Boone's beatings.
(d) The bank foreclosing on the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sheriff Cole asks Bone who did this to her, what does she say?

2. Aunt Alma's feet are "resting on a little pile of chopped black slats." What are the black slats?

3. Bone wants Glen to be a father like the father in what book?

4. Why does Aunt Alma say that she must kill her husband?

5. Who drives around at night, looking for Glen in order to kill him?

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