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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Uncle Earle in Chapter 13?
(a) Stays with Aunt Raylene.
(b) County farm.
(c) Travels as a trucker.
(d) Lives with his ex-wife briefly.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Bone steal from the Woolworth's store in Chapter 15?
(a) Books.
(b) Picture frames.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Tootsie Rolls.

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

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

11. Uncle Earle brings something to Aunt Raylene's house to help make Bone feel better. What is it?
(a) Television.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) Books.
(d) Record player and records.

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

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

14. 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 she feels like she's going crazy like Aunt Alma.
(b) That Glen has been molesting her.
(c) That she wants to kill Glen.
(d) That she's waiting for Mama to go back to Glen.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Bone want to see at the hospital that doesn't come?

3. Who does Bone think is the better looking of her male cousins?

4. What habit do some of the Boatwright women show when they're nervous?

5. What happens to Bone after the funeral?

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