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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way was the Ray family different than everyone else in the Apostolic Church's congregation?
(a) They were the only family with fewer than eight children.
(b) They celebrated Christmas.
(c) They were the only white members of the congregation.
(d) They were the only ones who did not speak in tongues.

2. What did Janisse's mother Lee Ada and her sister Kay call Janisse?
(a) Tomboy.
(b) Whiner.
(c) Worrywart.
(d) Workhorse.

3. What did Lee Ada do for a time after graduating from high school?
(a) She went off to attend the local university.
(b) She cleaned houses.
(c) She enrolled at a business school.
(d) She stayed home and cared for her sick brother.

4. What book did Janisse read that caused her to look closely at an anthill in the junkyard and to simply the furnishings in her room?
(a) On Golden Pond.
(b) Absalom, Absalom.
(c) Walden.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

5. In what year was the red-cockaded woodpecker federally listed as endangered?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1960.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the punishment if Janisse or one of her siblings disobeyed Frank's instructions while they were left alone in the house?

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

3. What job did Janisse's great-grandfather Pun have that she sees as having wreaked havoc on the longleaf pine forests?

4. What was the main reason Janisse and her siblings were not anxious to use the camper on a trip?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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