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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 type of business did Janisse's grandfather Charlie run with his wife Clyo until he got into a fistfight that destroyed the structure?
(a) An insurance office.
(b) A thrift store.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A pharmacy.

2. Though she patiently and valiantly fought to bring Frank back to mental health, what happened to finally convince Lee Ada that Frank needed to check in to a mental hospital?
(a) Frank cooked a rat and prepared to eat it for dinner.
(b) Frank locked her and the children in the back bedroom for hours, denying them food and water and murmuring to himself as he paced the house.
(c) Frank lay in the yard for two days, refusing to get up.
(d) Frank walked into town while naked.

3. Of the 156 million acres that used to constitute the longleaf pine's southeastern range, how many of those acres were once covered by longleaf pines?
(a) 65 million.
(b) 105 million.
(c) 35 million.
(d) 85 million.

4. 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 tied jingle bells onto Janisse's shoes.
(c) She waited until Janisse's father got home and sent him to find Janisse.
(d) She called the sheriff to come search for Janisse among the junk.

5. When Janisse tells her father repeatedly that she does not like her piano lessons, what does she say she would rather be doing?
(a) She would rather be outside.
(b) She would rather be learning how to fix cars.
(c) She would rather be helping her mother sew.
(d) She would rather be peeling potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When her brothers did not want to play school, what would Janisse do instead?

2. In what county in Georgia was Janisse raised?

3. By what year had virtually all of the longleaf pines been felled, leaving only .001 percent of its former numbers?

4. 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?

5. What did Frank use to beat Janisse and her brothers after they stood by while a neighbor boy killed a snapping turtle?

(see the answer key)

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