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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. On what object did Lee Ada embroider the words, "I love you, Franklin"?
(a) On a quilt.
(b) On a tea cozy.
(c) On his steering wheel cover.
(d) On his shirt pocket.

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 her father.
(c) She said she would call the wildlife officer.
(d) She said she would call the police.

3. What type of bird was Clyde, the bird that Frank nursed back to health after finding it on the side of the highway with a broken leg and wing?
(a) A robin.
(b) A woodpecker.
(c) A heron.
(d) A pigeon.

4. Why did the welfare checks for Clyo and her children stop coming a few years after she and Charlie split up?
(a) Because all of the children began working odd jobs to help support the family.
(b) Because when the welfare office contacted Charlie to sign some papers, he said he would support the children himself if Clyo would send them down to him in Florida.
(c) Because Charlie somehow changed the listed family address at the welfare office.
(d) Because Clyo had started to make more money in the cotton fields.

5. What event first caused Janisse to talk to her teacher Lucia Godfrey during recess, sparking her interest in learning more about nature?
(a) She is assigned recess detention for swearing.
(b) The boys will not allow her to play football.
(c) Her mother tells Janisse a story about Lucia Godfrey that piques Janisse's interest.
(d) It starts to snow and Janisse asks her teacher about this rare event.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do conscientious timber harvesters wait until the ground is dry to cut down certain trees they have pre-selected to be cut?

2. What constituted Janisse's and her brothers' very favorite game within the junkyard?

3. What was the name of the drunk transient man whom Frank invited in for dinner?

4. How far a distance do flatwood salamanders travel each way in order to reach the breeding grounds?

5. What is the oldest age to which longleaf pines can live?

(see the answer key)

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