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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bone take roses from?
(a) Aunt Carr.
(b) Aunt Alma.
(c) Aunt Madeline.
(d) Aunt Ruth.

2. How often do Bone's family visit Glen's family?
(a) A couple of times a month.
(b) About every other month.
(c) Once a year.
(d) Weekly.

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

4. Who can't sleep past sunrise?
(a) Glen.
(b) Mama.
(c) Reese.
(d) Bone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns Sunshine Dairy?

2. How long did Mama and the kids live away from Glen?

3. According to Mama in Chapter 7, how did she and Aunt Raylene earn money when they were girls?

4. Who comes to the diner almost everyday for lunch?

5. Where is Mama working when she meets her second husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Bone sees two different sides of Glen. Describe them.

2. Why does Ruth like being pregnant?

3. Describe Mama's and Aunt Ruth's relationship.

4. Why is it important to Bone not to scream when Glen is beating her in Chapter 17?

5. In Chapter 2, Mama tells Bone not to pay any attention to what Granny says because some women love their sons more than their daughters. What do you think the effect of this type of thinking is on female children?

6. What does Bone know about her biological father?

7. Why does Glen come to Alma's house?

8. Why does Bone create games like the "Dalton Girls" and the "Mean Sisters"?

9. Why is Bone drawn to Shannon Pearl?

10. Do either the Waddells or the Boatwrights respect Glen?

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