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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aunt Raylene tells Bone that she's going to be tall. In Chapter 14, Bone doesn't want to be tall, she wants to be what?
(a) Invisible.
(b) Smart.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Strong.

2. What Boatwright relative busts in on Bone and the sheriff without permission?
(a) Uncle Nevil.
(b) Uncle Beau.
(c) Aunt Alma.
(d) Aunt Raylene.

3. Where does Mama move herself and the girls after her family discovers that Bone has been abused by Glen?
(a) To an apartment by the railroad tracks.
(b) To Raylene's house.
(c) To an apartment over the Fish Market.
(d) To Alma's house.

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

5. According to Aunt Raylene, who has a "spirit of meanness" at birth?
(a) Grey.
(b) Glen.
(c) Bone.
(d) Uncle Earle.

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

7. Who tells Reese that she can't "scare a chicken off a nest of water moccasins"?
(a) Patsy Ruth.
(b) Grey.
(c) Little Earle.
(d) Bone.

8. According to her mother, who loves babies and is a friend to the less fortunate?
(a) Temple.
(b) Shannon Pearl.
(c) Bone.
(d) Reese.

9. Where is Aunt Alma when Glen shows up to talk to Boone?
(a) Visiting Aunt Raylene.
(b) In the garden.
(c) At the doctor.
(d) In the house.

10. Who manages the Woolworth's store?
(a) Ralph Greenville.
(b) Myer Johnson.
(c) Tyler Highgarden.
(d) James Worth.

11. When does Shannon Pearl reach Bone on the telephone?
(a) On the hottest day of summer.
(b) Near Easter.
(c) The day before school started.
(d) Just before Thanksgiving.

12. What does Uncle Earle have hidden that he shows Bone?
(a) $500.
(b) A bottle of liquor.
(c) A knife blade.
(d) A gun.

13. What does Aunt Raylene bring when she visits Mama and the girls after they move away from Glen?
(a) A carton of cigarattes.
(b) Home grown vegetables.
(c) Home-canned blackberries.
(d) A bottle of whisky.

14. In Chapter 17, what happens when Bone snaps at Glen that she didn't hear him?
(a) He slaps her.
(b) He yells at her.
(c) He throws her against the wall.
(d) He beats her with a belt.

15. Where does Bone and Reese sleep the night that her uncles beat Glen?
(a) In their house while Glen was at the hospital.
(b) With an aunt.
(c) In a motel.
(d) In the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bone thinks of the sheriff as what?

2. Whose relationship turns competitive in Chapter 12?

3. When Mama arrives after the rape, where does Bone want Mama to take her?

4. Mama is silent and Reese is angry in Chapter 18. Who does Bone blame for this?

5. Tears start running down Bone's face soon after she hears what song by Kitty Wells?

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