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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game of pretend did Janisse and her brothers play inside the old school bus?
(a) Runaway school bus.
(b) Zoo.
(c) Chain gang.
(d) Baptism.

2. Why did the town of Brunswick have a distinctive smell?
(a) The town's main street was lined with magnolia trees.
(b) There was a paper mill in town that emitted the smell of rotten eggs.
(c) The river that flowed through town had been polluted by the nearby sewage treatment plant.
(d) There was frequent spreading of fertilizer on the crops to keep the soil fertile.

3. In Chapter 3, Janisse describes her family's junkyard as ten acres of failed what?
(a) Memories.
(b) Plans.
(c) Goals.
(d) Machines.

4. What prompted Frank to buy out his father Charlie's share of the salvage business?
(a) Frank fights too often with Charlie, making the workplace too tense.
(b) Charlie cares only about living paycheck to paycheck, but Frank wants to do more than just survive.
(c) Frank discovers that Charlie has been siphoning money from the business into his own pockets.
(d) Charlie wants to move to Florida to pick oranges for a living.

5. What did Frank's children begin to watch for as a sign that he was entering a manic phase of his mental illness?
(a) Displays of anger.
(b) His inability to sleep.
(c) Impulsive actions concerning his salvaging business.
(d) His tendency to talk for hours on end without listening to their replies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Janisse and her siblings get access to books which they knew would garner their father's disapproval?

2. What was the catalyst for the "opening" of Janisse's heart referenced in the chapter title How the Heart Opens?

3. When Janisse's parents tell the the children the stories of their births, where do they say Janisse was found?

4. 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?

5. What does the term bricoleur mean?

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