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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Glen promise Mama?
(a) To be a better husband.
(b) To get a better job.
(c) To buy her a house.
(d) To adopt Bone and Reese when he has the money.

2. Who compares Glen to a "junkyard dog waiting to steal a bone"?
(a) Earle.
(b) Bone.
(c) Granny.
(d) Alma.

3. What season of the year does Mama marry Glen?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Summer.

4. In Chapter 8, Mama expresses concern over Bone being accident prone. What causes Bone's injuries?
(a) Playing rough with her cousins.
(b) Self abuse.
(c) Being clumsy.
(d) Physical abuse from Glen.

5. Who knows the words to every song in the Baptist hymnal?
(a) Bone.
(b) Mrs. Pearl.
(c) Shannon Pearl.
(d) Mama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Bone's hair?

2. Whose photographic image is described "as flat and empty as a sheet of tin in the sun"?

3. Who does Mama tell Bone that Granny loves best?

4. According to Granny, who is stuck up and full of themselves?

5. What does Shannon Pearl talk about with Bone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mama, Glen, and Reese stand with their arms around each other in Chapter 5, but Bone stands outside the circle. Why do you think that is?

2. What are the two things that people talk about when they talk about Glen? How are the two things alike?

3. Mama is so angry about her children going hungry that after yelling at Glen, she gets dressed and made up. Where does she go and why?

4. What is the implied meaning of the word "established" when uttered by the court clerk?

5. Describe Aunt Alma's breakdown.

6. Glen's photograph tells a viewer little about him. Bone says his eyes are empty. What might this mean?

7. Why does Bone create games like the "Dalton Girls" and the "Mean Sisters"?

8. Why does Bone begin looking at herself in mirrors?

9. Why does Mama leave Glen only after her siblings find out that he has beaten Bone?

10. Glen is very happy about Mama's pregnancy. What does it mean for him?

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