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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Aunt Ruth feel like she was worth something?

2. When Mama and Aunt Alma are talking, who do they say that Bone looks like?

3. Aunt Alma's feet are "resting on a little pile of chopped black slats." What are the black slats?

4. Whose relationship turns competitive in Chapter 12?

5. When she is little, who "would have given just about anything to be pretty"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Granny is a frequent presence early in the book, but she is hardly heard from in the last half of the book. Why do you believe the author chooses to do this? What is Granny's purpose in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Mama makes many decisions in the book--marrying Glen, leaving him, going back to him, and staying with him in the end. Describe the thoughts she probably had and what her choices are. Choose one of her major decisions and write a supportive argument for what she decides.

Essay Topic 3

Bone says that "things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies." What are the results when the relatives learn of Bone's physical abuse? Ultimately, is it a good or bad thing? If it had not happened, would Bone have been raped or not? Explain your answer.

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