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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Janisse give for the indigo snake's dwindling numbers?
(a) Their skin is frequently used to make cowboy boots.
(b) They like to sun themselves on flat, open spaces like roads, so they are frequently run over by cars.
(c) The insects they like to eat have dwindled in number due to the shrinking numbers of red-cockaded woodpeckers.
(d) They are docile, so they are over-collected as pets.

2. What reason did Frank provide for giving Lee Ada a note saying, "Yes, Lee Ada, I will love you forever."
(a) He says that Lee Ada's father did not believe that Frank loved Lee Ada, so he wanted to provide him with written proof.
(b) He says that Lee Ada had never before received a love note, so he wanted his to be simple and to the point.
(c) He says that Lee Ada had asked him so often if he still loved her that he had finally written down the answer so she would not forget.
(d) He says that Lee Ada had told Frank many times by then that she loved him, but he had never had the courage to tell her, so he finally wrote it down.

3. What did Frank use to beat Janisse and her brothers after they stood by while a neighbor boy killed a snapping turtle?
(a) A belt.
(b) A wooden spoon.
(c) A ruler.
(d) A wooden paddle.

4. How far a distance do flatwood salamanders travel each way in order to reach the breeding grounds?
(a) 3 miles.
(b) 200 yards.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 500 yards.

5. Because Janisse was one of her grandfather Charlie's favorite grandchildren, what two skills did he teach her?
(a) How to play the piano and how to tie a good knot.
(b) How to play horseshoes and how to wrestle.
(c) How to fight and how to fish.
(d) How to find huckleberry patches and how to make a raft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the closest mental hospital to the Rays' home, where many family members and neighbors of theirs spent time?

2. With which type of creature was Janisse's maternal grandmother Beulah fascinated?

3. When Charlie somehow got out of the mental institution to which Clyo had him committed, how did she persuade him to leave the family home again?

4. What is the oldest age to which longleaf pines can live?

5. In what year was the red-cockaded woodpecker federally listed as endangered?

(see the answer key)

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