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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-30, Afterword, & Appendices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Frank tell the children they must do if anyone approached the family's swimming hole while he was teaching them to swim?
(a) They have to run and jump into the car even if they are soaking wet.
(b) They have to go underwater.
(c) They have to grab their towels and cover up as quickly as they can.
(d) They have to be nice to the newcomers and introduce themselves.

2. What is the maximum rainfall that occurs in Appling County in a given year?
(a) 60 inches.
(b) 25 inches.
(c) 72 inches.
(d) 48 inches.

3. Whose name did Clyo call out when she lay dying?
(a) Janisse's.
(b) Lee Ada's.
(c) Charlie's.
(d) Frank's.

4. How did Charlie die when he passed away three years prior to Clyo's death?
(a) He came down with a severe bout of pneumonia.
(b) He got into a car accident.
(c) He stopped eating and starved to death.
(d) He had a massive heart attack.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What game of pretend did Janisse and her brothers play inside the old school bus?

3. What sign of distress did Janisse notice when looking at the painted tortoise?

4. What poet did both Janisse and her gun-toting, feminist, mountain woman friend both adore and read to each other out loud?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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