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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Sheriff Cole asks Bone who did this to her, what does she say?
(a) She doesn't remember.
(b) That she wants to go home and wants her mama.
(c) A stranger.
(d) Glen.

3. Tears start running down Bone's face soon after she hears what song by Kitty Wells?
(a) "Don't Be Cruel."
(b) "Honky Tonk Angels."
(c) "Walking After Midnight."
(d) "Talk Back Trembling Lips."

4. What does Uncle Earle have hidden that he shows Bone?
(a) $500.
(b) A bottle of liquor.
(c) A knife blade.
(d) A gun.

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

6. Who manages the Woolworth's store?
(a) Tyler Highgarden.
(b) Ralph Greenville.
(c) James Worth.
(d) Myer Johnson.

7. Aunt Alma's feet are "resting on a little pile of chopped black slats." What are the black slats?
(a) 45 rpm record fragments.
(b) Pieces of tire.
(c) Clothing ripped to shreds.
(d) Pieces of a black cupboard.

8. How old is Bone when she is raped?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

9. What game does Bone make up after a fight with the boy cousins?
(a) Cherokees.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Francis Marion.
(d) Mean sisters.

10. What happens to Bone after the funeral?
(a) She cries.
(b) She gets drunk.
(c) She runs off.
(d) Glen molests her.

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

12. According to her mother, who loves babies and is a friend to the less fortunate?
(a) Reese.
(b) Bone.
(c) Shannon Pearl.
(d) Temple.

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

14. What is Shannon Pearl wearing at the barbecue?
(a) Orange-and-white organdy dress.
(b) Pink dress with white ruffles.
(c) White lace dress with pink flowers.
(d) Red satin dress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mama move herself and the girls after her family discovers that Bone has been abused by Glen?

2. What book does Bone mention in Chapter 16 that is from Aunt Raylene?

3. Who stays with Bone in the hospital?

4. What is Granny busy with when Mama was growing up?

5. Mama is silent and Reese is angry in Chapter 18. Who does Bone blame for this?

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