Bastard Out of Carolina Quizzes

Bastard Out of Carolina Quiz 1

1 What is Bone’s actual name?
Ruth Anne

Darlene

Anney

Maybelle Ray
2 Why does Annie want to get Bone a new birth certificate?
Her original is stamped "illegitimate"

Her name on the original is mispelled

Her original was burned in a fire

Her original was lost
3 What happens to Reese’s father?
He disappears

He joins the military

He dies in a car accident

He leaves Annie
4 What building burns down at the end of Chapter 1?
Bone's house

The police station

The courthouse

Granny's house
5 How does Anney meet Glen Waddell?
Uncle Earle introduces them

She sees him working and introduces herself

He follows her home after seeing her

Granny introduces them
6 Whom does Granny tease for being ugly?
Reese

Bone

Uncle Earle

Little Earle
7 Whom does Granny claim Bone looks like?
Granny

Uncle Earle

Granny's grandfather

Anney
8 Why doesn’t Bone want her hair cut?
Because it makes her look like her mother

Because she'll look like a boy

Because it makes her look pretty

She likes it when her mother brushes her hair
9 Which of the Boatwright uncles has a way with women?
Uncle Travis

Uncle Nevil

Uncle Beau

Uncle Earle
10 Who is Little Earle?
Glen's son

Bone's younger cousin

Anney's brother

Bone's younger brother
11 How long does Anney date Glen before they marry?
Two years

Three years

Three months

Two months
12 Where does Glen propose to Anney?
Outside the RC Cola plant

In her aparment

In Granny's house

At the diner
13 Where does Glen work at the beginning of the novel?
Textile factory

The RC Cola plant

The diner

Corner store
14 Who is the first person to tell Anney that there is something wrong with Glen?
Aunt Raylene

Bone

Granny

Aunt Alma
15 Why does the Boatwright family gather on the porch at the end of Chapter 3?
To celebrate Anney and Glen's engagement

To eat dinner

To take a picture

To sleep outside
16 What is a love knot (according to the Eustis aunts)?
A knotted length of rope

A drink made according to a secret Boatwright recipe

A twisted hair knot covered in rabbit's blood

A delicate piece of crochet work
17 When does Glen first molest Bone?
After he marries Bone's mother

After the death of his son

While her mother gives birth

A year after he begins dating her mother
18 Who comes to help Anney after the stillbirth?
Glen's mother

Her sisters

No one

Glen's sister
19 What prompts Bone's family's first move?
Glen becomes possessive and insists

Anney doesn't feel safe in their current neighborhood

Glen inherits his family's home

Anney wants to escape her family
20 Why are the Boatwrights suspicious of Glen?
He has been married several times

He is a drunkard

He comes from a poor family

He is possessive and desperate
21 Who does Glen want Bone and Reese to stay away from?
The Boatwright uncles

Granny

His father

Shannon Pearl
22 Who is Bone's favorite cousin?
Garvey

Grey

Butch

Little Earle
23 Who Mrs. Parsons?
Reese's paternal grandmother

Anney's neighbor

Bone's paternal grandmother

Glen's mother
24 What does Reese keep in her underwear drawer?
Her diary

A picture of her mother

A picture of her father

A small wad of money
25 What kind of shoes does Bone want?
Heels like her mother's

Patent-leather Mary Janes

Leather hiking boots

Expensive sneakers

Bone tells the manager that she stole candy.

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Answered by Aslan on 10/27/2022 4:39 AM

How is Daddy Glen portrayed in the novel, and what evidence can we use to explain his abuse of Bone?

Anney's tortured and unpredictable second husband, Glen Waddell, is the black sheep of his middle-class family. Glen is a possessive and controlling man. He attempts to isolate Anney and her daughters from the Boatwrights. He has trouble keeping a...

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Do the Boatwrights move beyond the cycle of abuse?

The Boatwright legacy is a force of nature, and the family members can never truly escape the toxic patterns. Anney, initially dedicated to rising above the family's reputation, becomes forever entangled in it when she becomes a single parent at...

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