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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Aunt Alma's oldest girl?
(a) Patsy Ruth.
(b) Deedee.
(c) Shirley.
(d) Temple.

2. What does Mama cook on the sides of the pan with the eggs?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Green tomato slices.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Fatback.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bone apologize to Mama at the end of Chapter 17?

2. When Bone's family moves into a new home, Glen sends them outside with scissors to do what?

3. What happens to Bone after the funeral?

4. Everyone who is expected eventually arrives for the funeral except for whom?

5. Who does Deedee say she's seen three times?

(see the answer key)

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