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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bone wants Glen to be a father like the father in what book?
(a) Robinson Crusoe.
(b) Treasure Island.
(c) Little House on the Prairie.
(d) A Wrinkle in Time.

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

3. Bone thinks of the sheriff as what?
(a) An avenging angel.
(b) Daddy Glen in uniform.
(c) A man who looks at her as trash.
(d) Someone who doesn't believe her.

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

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

6. Who does Bone think is the better looking of her male cousins?
(a) Wade.
(b) Grey.
(c) Garvey.
(d) Little Earle.

7. When does Shannon Pearl reach Bone on the telephone?
(a) Just before Thanksgiving.
(b) The day before school started.
(c) Near Easter.
(d) On the hottest day of summer.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What book does Bone mention in Chapter 16 that is from Aunt Raylene?
(a) Little Women.
(b) Huck Finn.
(c) The Wizard of Oz.
(d) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

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

15. After Mama gets Bone to the car, what does she do?
(a) Slaps Glen.
(b) Drives to the hospital.
(c) Holds Glen's head to her belly.
(d) Tries to run Glen over with the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mama arrives after the rape, where does Bone want Mama to take her?

2. When Glen starts having trouble with his father and at work, where does Mama send the girls in the afternoons?

3. When Mama and Aunt Alma are talking, who do they say that Bone looks like?

4. When Bone leaves home against her mother's instructions in Chapter 18, where does she go?

5. When she is little, who "would have given just about anything to be pretty"?

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