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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) Little House on the Prairie.
(c) Treasure Island.
(d) A Wrinkle in Time.

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

3. Who did Bone want to see at the hospital that doesn't come?
(a) Mama.
(b) Uncle Earle.
(c) Reese.
(d) Grey.

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

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

6. What does Bone try to defend herself with against Glen in Chapter 20?
(a) Aunt Alma's razor.
(b) A jar of peanut butter.
(c) A butter knife.
(d) A rock.

7. 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) Beautiful.
(b) Strong.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Smart.

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

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

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

11. Another Boatwright dies in Chapter 18. Who dies?
(a) Travis.
(b) Aunt Alma's baby.
(c) Deedee.
(d) Tommy Lee.

12. When Mama and Aunt Alma are talking, who do they say that Bone looks like?
(a) Alma.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Great-Aunt Malvena.
(d) Mama.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What treasure do Bone and her cousins find in the river in Chapter 12?

2. What does Bone steal from the Woolworth's store in Chapter 15?

3. Who runs off and worked for the carnival when they are young?

4. What is Aunt Alma's favorite newspaper clip about the family?

5. Where does Bone and Reese sleep the night that her uncles beat Glen?

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