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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. What does Mrs. Parsons give Mama?
(a) A special keepsake.
(b) A letter.
(c) Insurance money from the army.
(d) Berries for making a pie.

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

3. What type of cigarette does Glen smoke in Chapter 4?
(a) Pall Malls.
(b) Marlboros.
(c) He rolled his own cigarettes.
(d) None; Glen didn't smoke.

4. Bone worships her uncles. Who are they?
(a) Beau, Wade, and Earle.
(b) Earle, Nevil, and Travis.
(c) Earle, Beau, and Nevil.
(d) Wade, Beau, and Travis.

5. What is Glen grinning and boasting about in Chapter 4?
(a) Getting married.
(b) His new job.
(c) Mama is pregnant.
(d) His new house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bone dream of buying her mother after she became a famous singer?

2. Who gets caught stealing a quart of RC Cola from the grocery store?

3. In Chapter 7, who does Mama describe as "just bad all the way through"?

4. What does Bone steal from the Woolworth's?

5. When Bone is sitting on her aunt's porch, what music does she listen to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the regrets that Bone has after Ruth dies.

2. Bone says she doesn't want to go to Shannon's family barbecue, but she ends up going. Why do you think she goes?

3. Chapter 8 opens with the love knot disintegrating and being swept away. What does this foretell?

4. Why is it important to Bone not to scream when Glen is beating her in Chapter 17?

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

6. When Mrs. Parson's comes to visit and bring Lyle's insurance money, Mama struggles between being polite and hoping Mrs. Parson leave before Glen returns home. What do you think Glen would do?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 2, Mama tells Bone not to pay any attention to what Granny says because some women love their sons more than their daughters. What do you think the effect of this type of thinking is on female children?

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