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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) The piedmont from the Atlantic coastal plain.
(b) The plains of New Brunswick from the piedmont.
(c) The Red Hills from the mouth of the Altamaha River.
(d) The Military Reservation from the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

2. What was the main reason Janisse and her siblings were not anxious to use the camper on a trip?
(a) They did not think they would like camping.
(b) They thought it would be too heavy and would make their old car break down.
(c) They thought it was very ugly.
(d) They did not think their father would like camping.

3. In the Introduction, Janisse describes where she goes to find herself among what has been and what remains. Where is that place?
(a) Her grandmother's and grandfather's graves in the cemetery.
(b) The swath of huckleberry bushes deep in the forest behind her childhood home.
(c) The willow tree where she experienced her first kiss.
(d) The mouth of the Altamaha River.

4. What was the punishment if Janisse or one of her siblings disobeyed Frank's instructions while they were left alone in the house?
(a) A beating with a wooden spoon.
(b) A week without being allowed to play in the junkyard.
(c) A whipping with a belt.
(d) A week without friends being allowed to visit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Janisse was very small and used to hide from her mother in the junkyard, what remedy did her mother use in order to find her?

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

3. For what reason did Frank throw out the family's television set when Janisse's little sister Kay was a baby?

4. What is one place that Janisse's parents do NOT list as a place where one of their children was found?

5. At the hands of the tree farmers, the land was laid bare. What simile does Janisse use to describe its bare state?

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