Winter’s Bone Quizzes

Winter's Bone Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Winter's Bone?
Teardrop Dolly

Daniel Woodrell

Ree Woodrell

Ree Dolly
2 What form does Winter's Bone take?
Short story collection

Picture book

Novel

Stage play
3 In what country is Winter's Bone set?
Canada

United States

Singapore

Britain
4 Who is the protagonist of Winter's Bone?
Teardrop

Ree

Gail

Jessup
5 Who narrates Winter's Bone?
Jessup

An unnamed third-person narrator

Ree

Daniel Woodrell
6 In what state is Winter's Bone set?
Utah

Washington

Missouri

Idaho
7 In what region is the book set?
The Prairies

New England

The Mississippi Delta

The Ozarks
8 Which answer best describes the region in which the novel is set?
Swamp

Desert

Floodplain

Highland
9 In what year was Winter's Bone released?
1986

2006

2001

2016
10 How many chapters does Winter's Bone contain?
5

There are no chapter divisions

35

4
11 What is Jessup's relation to Ree?
Father

Cousin

Brother

Ex-boyfriend
12 How old is Ree?
Twelve

Her age is never stated

Eighteen

Sixteen
13 What type of meat hangs in Ree's neighbor's yard at the beginning of the book?
Venison

Chicken

Lamb

Beef
14 What type of animal does venison come from?
Squirrel

Duck

Cow

Deer
15 What is Ree's socioeconomic background?
She is very poor

She is comfortably middle-class

She is wealthy

She is not rich, but is better off than her neighbors
16 What model of car does Ree's father drive?
F-150

Beetle

Trans Am

Capri
17 What type of weather does Ree detect on the air in the novel's opening pages?
Summer

Spring

Fall

Winter
18 What issue is Ree contending with in the novel's opening chapter?
Her father has disappeared

The family has almost run out of food

There isn't much wood to burn

All of these are correct
19 Who does Ree take responsibility for looking after?
Harold

Connie

Sonny

All of these are correct
20 Which answer best defines "grits"?
Oatmeal

Goat-milk butter

Pancake batter

Ground corn
21 "Mom's morning pills turned her into a cat" is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Dramatic irony

Metaphor

Understatement
22 "Before her mind broke and the parts scattered" is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Metonymy

Metaphor

Synecdoche
23 What is Ree's mother's maiden name?
Bromont

Casper

Davies

Dolly
24 Who used to own Ree's house?
Her grandparents on her mother's side

Her grandparents on her father's side

Her cousins

Her boyfriend
25 In her youth, what was Connie well-known for?
Her passivity

Her stubbornness

Her mental health

Her beauty