Salvage the Bones Quizzes

Salvage the Bones Quiz 1

1 In what town is the novel set?
Baton Rouge

Bois Sauvage

St. Catherin

New Orleans
2 Rico is Manny's _______?
Cousin

Father

Dog

Brother
3 How many days does the novel cover?
7

3

12

10
4 How many puppies are left immediately after China gives birth?
4

2

6

3
5 What word Junior repeat once the family gets to Papa Joseph and Mama Lizbeth’s house after the flooding?
China

Alive

No

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

Tail

Breast

Leg
7 What is Junior’s favorite food available in household?
Sardines

Eggs

Top Ramen

Squirrel
8 What do all the hurricanes in Esch’s memory have in common?
They are all category 5 storms

They all have female names

They have all taken place on her mother's birthday

They are all category 3 storms
9 During what chore does Daddy lose fingers?
Cooking eggs

Tearing down the chicken coop

Filling water jugs

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

Rico

The white people

Big Henry
11 What is Daddy hiding in the package he takes out of his dresser when the tree falls into his room?
His wedding ring

Family photos

Money

Top Ramen
12 What book is Esch reading?
Pride and Prejudice

The Tempest

As I Lay Dying

Mythology
13 Where did Esch lose her virginity?
Daddy's dump truck

Daddy's truck

The lake in back of the Pit

The woods behind the Pit
14 What does Skeetah steal from the house behind the woods?
Food

Pine Sol

Worm medicine

Money
15 What animal does Skeetah shoot before their cookout?
Coyote

Rabbit

Squirrel

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

Mad Dog liquor

Bourbon

Beer
17 How did Mama die?
Hurricane Elaine

In childbirth

A tractor accident

Car crash
18 What is Skeetah’s part-time job?
Cashier at the gas station

A basketball coach

Mowing the local cemetery

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

Potted meat

Dog food

Vienna sausages
20 Who does Skeetah think Esch looks like?
Their mother

Daddy

Shaliyah

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

Spits

Cries

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

Cry

Leave the house

Get pregnant
23 What does Skeetah think will resist biting him because he “smells like death?”
Kilo

Water moccasins

Ants

Coyotes
24 Who does Medea kill?
Her children and Jason

Her children

Jason

Jason's lover
25 What does Esch lose in the toilet when she is having sex with Manny?
Her mother's barrette

The baby

The pregnancy test

A Sugar Daddy candy