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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When she is little, who "would have given just about anything to be pretty"?
(a) Aunt Ruth.
(b) Aunt Raylene.
(c) Aunt Alma.
(d) Aunt Carr.

5. Who runs off and worked for the carnival when they are young?
(a) Aunt Alma.
(b) Uncle Beau.
(c) Uncle Nevil.
(d) Aunt Raylene.

6. When Bone leaves home against her mother's instructions in Chapter 18, where does she go?
(a) She hitches a ride to Aunt Alma's.
(b) She walks to her mother's job.
(c) She walks to Aunt Raylene's.
(d) She goes to the Woolworth's.

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

8. Everyone who is expected eventually arrives for the funeral except for whom?
(a) Dwight.
(b) Tommy Lee.
(c) D.W.
(d) Travis.

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

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

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

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

13. What happens after Deedee refuses to go to the funeral?
(a) She runs away.
(b) Aunt Raylene slaps her.
(c) She runs to her room crying.
(d) Her father yells at her.

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

15. Aunt Raylene tells Bone that she's going to be tall. In Chapter 14, Bone doesn't want to be tall, she wants to be what?
(a) Smart.
(b) Strong.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Invisible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose relationship turns competitive in Chapter 12?

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

3. After Bone refuses to return home, she compares Glen's eyes to what?

4. Who is pregnant in Chapter 16?

5. After Mama gets Bone to the car, what does she do?

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