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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the maximum life span of a gopher tortoise?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 70 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 20 years.

3. Who was NOT one of the television evangelists Clyo watched fervently in her later years?
(a) Tammy Faye Baker.
(b) Jimmy Swaggart.
(c) Billy Graham.
(d) Jerry Falwell.

4. At the hands of the tree farmers, the land was laid bare. What simile does Janisse use to describe its bare state?
(a) Bare as a blank sheet of paper.
(b) Bare as a sand dune.
(c) Bare as a possum's tail.
(d) Bare as a vulture's pate.

5. 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) 85 million.
(c) 105 million.
(d) 35 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Frank did not graduate from high school, Janisse cited two other forms of education that Frank sought out and received. What were those two sources of education?

2. The author writes that although the families in her area would have defended the land to the death, they lacked three things that would have allowed them to care about the actual health of its natural communities. What were those three things?

3. What number child is Janisse within her family?

4. How many children did Clyo and Charlie have together?

5. What kind of road side stand did Janisse stop at when she saw that a vendor had painted a gopher tortoise with gold and silver paint?

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