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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 Bone do on Wednesday nights in Chapter 10?
(a) Attends church services for young people.
(b) Visits the library.
(c) Listens to the radio.
(d) Attends revivals.

2. Who hopes that Anney can give Glen a son?
(a) Earle.
(b) Beau.
(c) Nevil.
(d) Granny.

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

4. What does Boone compare the hair of her sick aunt to?
(a) An old dust mop.
(b) A horse's mane.
(c) Orange straw.
(d) A porcupine.

5. What is one of the pretend meals that Bone and Reese make up?
(a) Sugar-glazed turtle meat with poson greens.
(b) Fried rutabagas and jellos.
(c) Peanut butter and steamed daffodils.
(d) Mashed bug meat with pickles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the nurse at the hospital?

2. How many people are in the downstairs apartment, according to Grey?

3. What states do the gospel circuit run from?

4. What was the first thing Mama did to Glen after he first hit Bone with a belt?

5. Bone worships her uncles. Who are they?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does it take Mama two years of dating Glen before she married him?

4. What is Mama trying to accomplish when she punishes Bone for stealing? In your opinion, does it work?

5. Why does Mama find Bone's birth certificate upsetting?

6. In Chapter 8, Bone begins suffering many injuries at Glen's hands. Does it seem realistic that her mother wouldn't realize what is going on?

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

8. The first time Mama leaves Glen is for two weeks. What makes her decide to return?

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

10. Why does Bone try to scare Reese against hitchhiking while at the same time doing it herself?

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