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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. Which aunt does Bone spend her summer helping to take care of?

2. Who gives Bone a half-dollar and Reese a quarter?

3. In Chapter 5, what about Glen makes Bone nervous?

4. Who tells Mama, "Now you look like a Boatwright"?

5. Who takes photos of everyone with a camera in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Bone drawn to Shannon Pearl?

3. Why does Bone want to be a singer?

4. Glen chooses different types of houses than the Boatwright aunts. Which type of house does Bone seem to prefer and why?

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

6. What is the implied meaning of the word "established" when uttered by the court clerk?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bone asks her mother if she looks like her father who she doesn't have contact with. Mama refuses to answer. According to Bone, what she really wants from her mother is her story, "the place where she had made herself different from all her brothers and sisters and shut her mouth on her life." Explain what Bone means by this statement.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role of religion in Bone's life. Compare it to the role religion plays in Shannon's life.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the five Boatwright sisters: Anney, Raylene, Alma, Carr, and Ruth. Who is the most different and why? Describe the relationship between the five women as children and as adults.

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