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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Introduction, Janisse describes where she goes to find herself among what has been and what remains. Where is that place?
(a) The willow tree where she experienced her first kiss.
(b) Her grandmother's and grandfather's graves in the cemetery.
(c) The mouth of the Altamaha River.
(d) The swath of huckleberry bushes deep in the forest behind her childhood home.

2. Once gopher tortoises reach the age at which they are too big to be swallowed, they have few predators. Which of the following is NOT one of their predators during this stage?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Humans.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Raccoons.

3. What job did Janisse's great-grandfather Pun have that she sees as having wreaked havoc on the longleaf pine forests?
(a) Cattle herder.
(b) Lumberjack.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Surveyor.

4. In Chapter 4, Built by Fire, what two natural elements does Janisse pit against one another in her personification-laden story?
(a) Humans and longleaf pines.
(b) Rivers and grasslands.
(c) Swamps and monsoons.
(d) Longleaf pines and lightning.

5. Who was Foster Sellers and how did he play a role in the children's junkyard games?
(a) He was a local mortician and his hearse was in the family junkyard.
(b) He was a local veterinarian and his van was in the family junkyard.
(c) He was a local doctor and his old ambulance was in the family junkyard.
(d) He was a local bank robber and his old car was in the family junkyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Frank call his wife, Lee Ada?

2. What does Dell, Janisse's brother, claim to have seen men stealing from the junkyard in the middle of the night?

3. Though she patiently and valiantly fought to bring Frank back to mental health, what happened to finally convince Lee Ada that Frank needed to check in to a mental hospital?

4. Janisse uses a quote from which novel to begin Chapter 3, Shame?

5. In what year was Clyo caught bootlegging for the second time, causing her to stop the practice from that point on?

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