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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 Janisse was very small and used to hide from her mother in the junkyard, what remedy did her mother use in order to find her?
(a) She lured her with the promise of peaches.
(b) She called the sheriff to come search for Janisse among the junk.
(c) She tied jingle bells onto Janisse's shoes.
(d) She waited until Janisse's father got home and sent him to find Janisse.

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

3. What did Frank use to beat Janisse and her brothers after they stood by while a neighbor boy killed a snapping turtle?
(a) A wooden spoon.
(b) A belt.
(c) A wooden paddle.
(d) A ruler.

4. What is NOT one of the dangers Janisse's father Frank mentions when warning the children about the treacherous junkyard?
(a) Poisoning.
(b) A bad cut.
(c) Plague.
(d) Lockjaw.

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?
(a) She says that she has never learned it and hopes that she never does.
(b) She says that she has tried to live her life by it but has failed.
(c) She says that everyone in her family appears to have learned it except her, and she wishes she could learn it.
(d) She says that she does not know what it truly means.

Short Answer Questions

1. Janisse describes her area of southern Georgia as lying below the fall line. What does she say that fall line serves to separate from one another?

2. Which of the following is an element of the dialect known as "Cracker speech"?

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

4. Janisse uses a quote from which novel to begin Chapter 3, Shame?

5. How many acres did Janisse's family's land take up, including the family home and her father Frank's junkyard?

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