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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Janisse and her brothers used to play school, with Janisse often acting as the teacher, what did they use as a chalkboard?
(a) The sanded-down back of an old easel.
(b) The concrete wall of the garage.
(c) A broken piece of chalkboard that had been salvaged from the childrens' demolished school.
(d) A bluish-green 1950 Nash car.

2. What kind of creature did Beulah catch in her hands one day, much to the delight of Janisse and her siblings?
(a) A red-cockaded woodpecker.
(b) A ruby-throated hummingbird.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) A chameleon.

3. 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 gold-encased compass.
(d) A marble globe.

4. For what practice does the gopher tortoise require open sunny spots within their habitats?
(a) Drying out their shells.
(b) Absorbing Vitamin D.
(c) Laying eggs.
(d) Eating.

5. By what year had virtually all of the longleaf pines been felled, leaving only .001 percent of its former numbers?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author writes that Frank would often help "a family like the Joads" by feeding them or finding candy for their children when they stopped in to get a part to fix their broken-down car, what novel is she referencing?

2. How old was Janisse when her maternal grandfather Arthur died of cancer?

3. What chore done before a thunderstorm does Janisse use in the Introduction as a metaphor for the Georgian people seeing everything coming before it happens?

4. In what county in Georgia was Janisse raised?

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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