Salvage the Bones Quizzes

Salvage the Bones Quiz 1

By Gina Hackett · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed July 19, 2016

1 In what town is the novel set?

St. Catherin

Baton Rouge

Bois Sauvage

New Orleans
2 Rico is Manny's _______?

Dog

Father

Brother

Cousin
3 How many days does the novel cover?

12

3

10

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

2

6

4

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

Eggs

China

Alive

No
6 Where does Kilo strike China in the penultimate round of their fight?

Breast

Ear

Tail

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

Top Ramen

Squirrel

Eggs

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

They are all category 5 storms

They have all taken place on her mother's birthday

They are all category 3 storms

They all have female names
9 During what chore does Daddy lose fingers?

Tearing down the chicken coop

Cooking eggs

Filling water jugs

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

Big Henry

Manny

Rico

The white people
11 What is Daddy hiding in the package he takes out of his dresser when the tree falls into his room?

Top Ramen

Family photos

His wedding ring

Money
12 What book is Esch reading?

Pride and Prejudice

As I Lay Dying

The Tempest

Mythology
13 Where did Esch lose her virginity?

The woods behind the Pit

Daddy's truck

The lake in back of the Pit

Daddy's dump truck
14 What does Skeetah steal from the house behind the woods?

Pine Sol

Food

Worm medicine

Money
15 What animal does Skeetah shoot before their cookout?

Coyote

Squirrel

Deer

Rabbit
16 What is Daddy’s drink of choice?

White wine

Beer

Bourbon

Mad Dog liquor
17 How did Mama die?

In childbirth

A tractor accident

Car crash

Hurricane Elaine
18 What is Skeetah’s part-time job?

Mowing the local cemetery

Cashier at the gas station

A basketball coach

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

Vienna sausages

Dog food

Eggs

Potted meat
20 Who does Skeetah think Esch looks like?

Shaliyah

Daddy

Their mother

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

Spits

Faints

Cries

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

Cry

Leave the house

Talk

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

Ants

Coyotes

Kilo

Water moccasins
24 Who does Medea kill?

Jason

Jason's lover

Her children and Jason

Her children
25 What does Esch lose in the toilet when she is having sex with Manny?

Her mother's barrette

The pregnancy test

A Sugar Daddy candy

The baby