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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often did the car crusher make a visit to the family junkyard?
(a) Every five years.
(b) Every week.
(c) Every three months.
(d) Every two years.

2. What threat did Janisse use to try to get the vendor to let her take the painted tortoise to safety?
(a) She said she would knock over the vendor's wares.
(b) She said she would call the wildlife officer.
(c) She said she would call the police.
(d) She said she would call her father.

3. What evidence of the Lower Creek Indians' prior presence did Lee Ada find on Beulah's property when she was a little girl?
(a) Pottery shards.
(b) Arrowhead points.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Pieces of woven baskets.

4. During the time Clyo worked in the cotton fields, what was one health problem from which she did NOT suffer?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) A lost kidney.
(c) Bad knees.
(d) Gout.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Because Janisse was one of her grandfather Charlie's favorite grandchildren, what two skills did he teach her?

2. Of the 156 million acres that used to constitute the longleaf pine's southeastern range, how many of those acres were once covered by longleaf pines?

3. What was the name of the Rays' neighbor who survived a train accident in 1955?

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

5. What does the term bricoleur mean?

(see the answer key)

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