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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. After Mama and Bone put Aunt Alma to bed, Mama asks Bone what she thinks about all the time. How does Bone answer?
(a) That Glen has been molesting her.
(b) That she feels like she's going crazy like Aunt Alma.
(c) That she wants to kill Glen.
(d) That she's waiting for Mama to go back to Glen.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. When Mama arrives after the rape, where does Bone want Mama to take her?
(a) Home.
(b) Aunt Ruth's house for a shotgun.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Aunt Raylene's house.

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

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

13. What treasure do Bone and her cousins find in the river in Chapter 12?
(a) A car tire.
(b) Money.
(c) A set of hooks.
(d) A motorcycle headlight.

14. What habit do some of the Boatwright women show when they're nervous?
(a) Pick at their cuticles.
(b) Bite the lower lip.
(c) Bite their nails.
(d) Tap their foot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Deedee refuses to go to the funeral?

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

3. Why does Bone apologize to Mama at the end of Chapter 17?

4. Where is Uncle Earle in Chapter 13?

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

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