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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. Who hopes that Anney can give Glen a son?

2. Who is Bone's favorite uncle?

3. What color are Shannon Pearl's eyes?

4. Who says this: "A man who really likes women always has a touch of magic"?

5. According to Aunt Madeline, kids are what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think that Mama cares if people think she burned down the courthouse?

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

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

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

5. After Glen beats Bone with a belt for the first time, Mama asks Bone what she did. Why doesn't Bone tell her?

6. How does Bone's obsession with religion begin?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Read the quote by James Baldwin at the beginning of the book. Discuss in detail how this applies to "Bastard Out of Carolina."

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Symbolism is an important component in "Bastard Out of Carolina." Choose either the love knot or the hook, and describe its symbolism in the story.

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