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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of Alma's children is named Annie, but her nickname is what?
(a) Bug.
(b) Rosebud.
(c) Buttercup.
(d) Tadpole.

2. What happens after Deedee refuses to go to the funeral?
(a) Aunt Raylene slaps her.
(b) She runs to her room crying.
(c) She runs away.
(d) Her father yells at her.

3. Who knows the words to every song in the Baptist hymnal?
(a) Bone.
(b) Shannon Pearl.
(c) Mrs. Pearl.
(d) Mama.

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

5. What does Aunt Alma do that earned her Glen's contempt in Chapter 6?
(a) Abandons her children.
(b) Has an affair.
(c) Gets a job.
(d) Moves out on her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Glen when Mama cooks eggs for Bone and Reese?

2. How do Bone and her sister get to Aunt Alma's in Chapter 6?

3. What happens to Bone after the funeral?

4. What happens when Bone is hungry?

5. What states do the gospel circuit run from?

(see the answer key)

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