View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What traits does Janisse say are the two most elemental features of Frank's personality when she describes him in Chapter 7, Junkyard?
(a) Understanding and order.
(b) Patience and doggedness.
(c) Dexterity and compassion.
(d) Intelligence and kindness.

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

3. How did Charlie die when he passed away three years prior to Clyo's death?
(a) He had a massive heart attack.
(b) He came down with a severe bout of pneumonia.
(c) He stopped eating and starved to death.
(d) He got into a car accident.

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

5. How often does Janisse say thunderstorms happened in the summer in their area of Georgia?
(a) At least three times a week.
(b) About once a month.
(c) Almost every summer afternoon.
(d) Rarely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the children call their club whose purpose was to search the salvaged cars for valuable items?

2. What breed was the dog that Frank treated with painkillers and saved after it had been hit by a car on the highway?

3. In Chapter 10, Timber, Janisse writes that railroads were to pines what railroads were to buffalo. What does she state that railroads were to both pines and buffalo?

4. When her brothers did not want to play school, what would Janisse do instead?

5. What did Frank use to plug the holes in the flat-bottomed boat?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 327 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample