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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) When Charlie came to visit their grown son across the street, she always fixed him a plate of food and sent another of their children over to give it to him.
(b) When Charlie came to visit the children still living in Clyo's home, Clyo always left the house but left Charlie one of their love notes from the past.
(c) When Charlie had bad bouts of arthritis, Clyo always made up a batch of her special salve and sent it to Charlie.
(d) When Charlie stopped in to the Greasy Spoon Cafe, she always sent him a little note on his napkin when she sent his food out from the kitchen.

2. When Janisse handled the indigo snake that she and Milton had found, she writes that she handled the snake with care for two reasons. One was that she was precious. What was the other reason?
(a) Because she appeared to have just eaten a relatively large meal.
(b) Because she was four feet long and the size of her scared Janisse.
(c) Because she appeared to be pregnant.
(d) Because she could inflict a severe bite if she sense fear or became afraid.

3. What is the maximum life span of a gopher tortoise?
(a) 70 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 50 years.

4. What did Frank, Janisse, and Steve eat for dessert while floating down the river on their trip?
(a) Pudding.
(b) Banana cream pie.
(c) Chocolate cake.
(d) Peanut brittle.

5. Though the preacher at first refused to marry Lee Ada and Frank, he finally agreed, providing they agree to one condition. What was that one condition?
(a) They will not tell their parents who officiated the ceremony.
(b) They will name their firstborn child after the preacher.
(c) They will get married outside rather than in the church.
(d) They will refrain from having children for one full year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Janisse and her brothers covertly celebrate Christmas one year without their father's knowledge?

2. At the time of the memoir's writing, about many red-cockaded woodpeckers were left in the United States, most of them relegated to Florida?

3. Though everyone was aware of Frank's predilection toward mental illness, what did everyone, including the police, agree was another possible cause of his first major nervous breakdown?

4. What evidence of the Lower Creek Indians' prior presence did Lee Ada find on Beulah's property when she was a little girl?

5. Pun's oft-given piece of advice to his son was, "Don't take more on your heart than you can shake off your heels." How does Janisse feel about this lesson?

(see the answer key)

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