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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Aunt Carr live?
2. What does Mama cook on the sides of the pan with the eggs?
3. Who knows the words to every song in the Baptist hymnal?
4. Who does Bone tell about her dream to be a gospel singer?
5. Where is the first place that Glen moves the family to?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What do you think of Glen's statement, "You're mine, all of you, mine" after Mama agrees to marry him?
3. Describe the differences between Mama and her girls and the children of Glen's brothers.
4. Bone sees two different sides of Glen. Describe them.
5. As a young child, why does Bone idolize her uncles and want to be like them?
6. What is the implied meaning of the word "established" when uttered by the court clerk?
7. Bone finally sees a smile in Glen's eyes before he molests her, but it vanishes afterwards. Why?
8. Why does it take Mama two years of dating Glen before she married him?
9. Describe the changes in Reese in Chapter 12.
10. How does Aunt Raylene take care of Bone in the hospital?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Bone and Reese. Why does Glen choose to abuse Bone, but not Reese? With Bone out of the picture at the end of the book, do you think Glen will change? Will he start abusing Reese?
Essay Topic 2
When Ruth dies, Mama cries that Ruth's worth was measured by having babies and that Mama's love was never enough for Ruth. Is Bone's love enough for Mama? Why or why not? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Both Bone and her mother have an obsession about being thought of or treated as "trash." What does being trash mean to each of them? Find three instances each of Mama and Bone's concern over their social status.
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