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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. Who are Marvella and Maybelle?
(a) Glen's sisters.
(b) Mama's friends at the diner.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) The Eustis aunts.

2. Who does Granny call an "ugly, ugly little thing"?
(a) Grey.
(b) Bone.
(c) Patsy Ruth.
(d) Little Earle.

3. Who tells Mama, "Now you look like a Boatwright"?
(a) Aunt Alma.
(b) Aunt Ruth.
(c) Aunt Raylene.
(d) Granny.

4. What does Mama pack for the picnic?
(a) Fried chicken and biscuits.
(b) Chicken hash and Jell-O.
(c) Ham and watermelon.
(d) Sandwiches and apples.

5. How do Bone and her sister get to Aunt Alma's in Chapter 6?
(a) Ride with Uncle Earle.
(b) Walk.
(c) Hitch-hike.
(d) Mama drops them off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mama looking for in the box of Alma's chiffarobe?

2. Who has many jobs, including one at the RC Cola plant?

3. Who compares Glen to a "junkyard dog waiting to steal a bone"?

4. Whose boots are bought in the boys' department of the Sears and Roebuck?

5. What color are Shannon Pearl's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the differences between Mama and her girls and the children of Glen's brothers.

2. How is the hook changed? What is Bone's reaction?

3. How is Aunt Raylene different from her sisters?

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

5. Why is Earle Bone's favorite uncle?

6. Explain the significance of Aunt Alma's scrapbook for Bone.

7. Bone finally sees a smile in Glen's eyes before he molests her, but it vanishes afterwards. Why?

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

9. As a young child, why does Bone idolize her uncles and want to be like them?

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

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