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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 are the occupations of Glen's brothers?
(a) Doctor and banker.
(b) Car salesman and reporter.
(c) Lawyer and dentist.
(d) Business owner and builder.

2. What was the first thing Mama did to Glen after he first hit Bone with a belt?
(a) Blamed Bone for the problem.
(b) Wiped away Bone's tears.
(c) Hugged Glen.
(d) Slapped Glen.

3. Who has many jobs, including one at the RC Cola plant?
(a) Earle.
(b) Glen.
(c) Mama.
(d) Raylene.

4. Where is Glen when Mama cooks eggs for Bone and Reese?
(a) In front of the television in the living room.
(b) On the front porch smoking.
(c) In the kitchen with the family.
(d) He has left the house in anger.

5. What kind of shoes does Bone long for when she turns nine years old?
(a) Penny loafers.
(b) Saddle oxfords.
(c) Blue canvas sneakers.
(d) Patent-leather Mary Janes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Matthew Parsons?

2. What does Bone do on Wednesday nights in Chapter 10?

3. What does Boone compare the hair of her sick aunt to?

4. What does Aunt Alma do that earned her Glen's contempt in Chapter 6?

5. What do the Waddell's call Bone and Reese?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bone's relationship with Earle and Grey change after Alma's breakdown?

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

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

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

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

6. In trying to help Bone understand why her mother hasn't visited her, Aunt Raylene reveals something about herself that Bone didn't know. What is it?

7. Describe Sheriff Cole. Does he really care what happens to Bone?

8. Why is Earle Bone's favorite uncle?

9. What does the love knot that the great-aunts make for Mama and Glen symbolize?

10. Describe the changes in Reese in Chapter 12.

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