Salvage the Bones Quizzes

Salvage the Bones Quiz 1

1 In what town is the novel set?
New Orleans

Bois Sauvage

St. Catherin

Baton Rouge
2 Rico is Manny's _______?
Father

Cousin

Brother

Dog
3 How many days does the novel cover?
3

12

10

7
4 How many puppies are left immediately after China gives birth?
3

4

2

6
5 What word Junior repeat once the family gets to Papa Joseph and Mama Lizbeth’s house after the flooding?
No

Alive

China

Eggs
6 Where does Kilo strike China in the penultimate round of their fight?
Leg

Breast

Ear

Tail
7 What is Junior’s favorite food available in household?
Top Ramen

Eggs

Squirrel

Sardines
8 What do all the hurricanes in Esch’s memory have in common?
They all have female names

They are all category 3 storms

They are all category 5 storms

They have all taken place on her mother's birthday
9 During what chore does Daddy lose fingers?
Cooking eggs

Filling water jugs

Tearing down the chicken coop

Nailing up the plywood
10 Who lives in the house behind the woods?
Big Henry

Manny

The white people

Rico
11 What is Daddy hiding in the package he takes out of his dresser when the tree falls into his room?
Family photos

Top Ramen

Money

His wedding ring
12 What book is Esch reading?
Mythology

As I Lay Dying

Pride and Prejudice

The Tempest
13 Where did Esch lose her virginity?
Daddy's truck

The woods behind the Pit

Daddy's dump truck

The lake in back of the Pit
14 What does Skeetah steal from the house behind the woods?
Worm medicine

Money

Food

Pine Sol
15 What animal does Skeetah shoot before their cookout?
Squirrel

Deer

Rabbit

Coyote
16 What is Daddy’s drink of choice?
White wine

Beer

Mad Dog liquor

Bourbon
17 How did Mama die?
A tractor accident

Hurricane Elaine

Car crash

In childbirth
18 What is Skeetah’s part-time job?
Mowing the local cemetery

A basketball coach

Cashier at the gas station

Construction work
19 What does Skeetah buy the most of when he grocery shops before the hurricane?
Vienna sausages

Eggs

Potted meat

Dog food
20 Who does Skeetah think Esch looks like?
Daddy

Shaliyah

Their mother

China
21 What does the woman in St. Catherine do when Esch gives her ramen to eat?
Cries

Spits

Faints

Laughs
22 What did Daddy tell Esch not to do when he came home from the hospital after Mama died?
Cry

Get pregnant

Leave the house

Talk
23 What does Skeetah think will resist biting him because he “smells like death?”
Ants

Kilo

Coyotes

Water moccasins
24 Who does Medea kill?
Jason

Her children

Jason's lover

Her children and Jason
25 What does Esch lose in the toilet when she is having sex with Manny?
The pregnancy test

Her mother's barrette

A Sugar Daddy candy

The baby