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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Charlie somehow got out of the mental institution to which Clyo had him committed, how did she persuade him to leave the family home again?
(a) By giving him all the money she had.
(b) By calling the police and threatening to have him recommitted.
(c) By telling him that the children would be better off without him.
(d) By telling him that he could live in the old van down by the river.

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

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 pigeon.
(b) A heron.
(c) A woodpecker.
(d) A robin.

4. What was the subject of Janisse's recurring daydream she had during church services?
(a) Being a bank robber.
(b) Having a very tiny real baby of her own.
(c) Living in the forest as a hermit.
(d) Running off to join the circus.

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 microscope kit.
(c) A marble globe.
(d) A gold-encased compass.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason did Frank throw out the family's television set when Janisse's little sister Kay was a baby?

2. When Janisse and her brothers used to play school, with Janisse often acting as the teacher, what did they use as a chalkboard?

3. How long did it take the family to travel to the nearest Apostolic Church, which was in the town of Brunswick?

4. For how many years does Janisse say her family had been in Appling County, Georgia?

5. 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?

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