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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What materials did Frank use in order to build the children a swing set in the backyard?
(a) Car engines.
(b) Milk crates.
(c) Lengths of pipe.
(d) Car hoods.

2. What does the name Lucia mean?
(a) Luck.
(b) Money.
(c) Light.
(d) Late.

3. What expensive item did Frank buy for the household in order to foster his childrens' interest in knowledge and learning?
(a) A set of encyclopedias.
(b) A marble globe.
(c) A gold-encased compass.
(d) A microscope kit.

4. What kind of road side stand did Janisse stop at when she saw that a vendor had painted a gopher tortoise with gold and silver paint?
(a) A barbecue purveyor.
(b) A fresh farm egg stand.
(c) A flea market stand.
(d) A fruit stand.

5. What elements of the Borderlanders' lives led them to have migratory habits?
(a) The torrential rains in the area often flooded their homes, so they would move on to higher and drier ground.
(b) Prejudices against them forced others to continually drive them out of the areas in which they had settled.
(c) The border between Scotland and England was often in turmoil due to wars over to whom the territories belonged.
(d) Their professions as shepherds required moving to new lands where the sheep could graze.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object did Frank create out of driveshafts, hollow metal rods, and fence wire?

2. After Lee Ada marries Frank, what task did she offer to help her father Arthur with when she was seeking to make peace with him?

3. What did Janisse's mother Lee Ada and her sister Kay call Janisse?

4. At the hands of the tree farmers, the land was laid bare. What simile does Janisse use to describe its bare state?

5. Though she did not speak to Charlie for 25 years after they split up, what did Clyo do that showed she still cared about him?

(see the answer key)

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