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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Bone's family moves into a new home, Glen sends them outside with scissors to do what?
(a) Dig up weeds.
(b) Cut each other's hair.
(c) Cut flowers.
(d) Clip the grass.

2. Where is Uncle Earle in Chapter 13?
(a) Lives with his ex-wife briefly.
(b) County farm.
(c) Travels as a trucker.
(d) Stays with Aunt Raylene.

3. Where is Glen when Mama cooks eggs for Bone and Reese?
(a) He has left the house in anger.
(b) In front of the television in the living room.
(c) In the kitchen with the family.
(d) On the front porch smoking.

4. What is the setting in this book?
(a) Greenville, South Carolina.
(b) Greensboro, North Carolina.
(c) Charlotte, North Carolina.
(d) Beaufort, South Carolina.

5. Who has a reputation for "an easy smile and a sharp tongue"?
(a) Mama.
(b) Granny.
(c) Uncle Earle.
(d) Bone.

Short Answer Questions

1. After getting off work, what does Mama smell like in Chapter 3?

2. Who can't sleep past sunrise?

3. Another Boatwright dies in Chapter 18. Who dies?

4. While Bone is working for her aunt, where does Reese spend her afternoons?

5. Whose relationship turns competitive in Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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