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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 tree farming became common practice in 1940, why was the longleaf pine rarely planted by tree farmers?
(a) Its taproot was unwieldy and it grew slowly.
(b) Its seedlings were too expensive.
(c) It required too much room to grow.
(d) It did not bring as much money as other species of tree.

2. What elements of the Borderlanders' lives led them to have migratory habits?
(a) Prejudices against them forced others to continually drive them out of the areas in which they had settled.
(b) The torrential rains in the area often flooded their homes, so they would move on to higher and drier ground.
(c) The border between Scotland and England was often in turmoil due to wars over to whom the territories belonged.
(d) Their professions as shepherds required moving to new lands where the sheep could graze.

3. How old was Frank when Charlie first talked him into partnering with him in the wrecking yard business?
(a) 21.
(b) 25.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

4. How did Janisse and her brothers covertly celebrate Christmas one year without their father's knowledge?
(a) They went caroling in a neighborhood across town.
(b) They met at a friend's house and watched It's a Wonderful Life on television.
(c) They used headlights from the salvaged cars to make a string of high-powered Christmas lights as decorations for their tree house.
(d) They decorated a tree deep in the forest and exchanged gifts with one another.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Frank call his wife, Lee Ada?

2. What traits does Janisse say are the two most elemental features of Frank's personality when she describes him in Chapter 7, Junkyard?

3. Because Janisse was one of her grandfather Charlie's favorite grandchildren, what two skills did he teach her?

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

5. 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?

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