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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-30, Afterword, & Appendices.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what reason did Frank throw out the family's television set when Janisse's little sister Kay was a baby?
(a) He was angry when he found the children watching cartoons instead of completing their chores.
(b) He thought his wife Lee Ada watched too many soap operas.
(c) He did not want the knowledge of violence to reach his children.
(d) He did not want his children to find out about romance and sexuality before he was ready.

3. What prompted Janisse to write an essay about the rafting trip down the Altamaha?
(a) She had brought Thoreau's Journals along on the trip.
(b) Her mother told her that she should.
(c) She did not ever want to forget the details of the trip.
(d) Her father told her that she should.

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

5. Why did the town of Brunswick have a distinctive smell?
(a) There was frequent spreading of fertilizer on the crops to keep the soil fertile.
(b) There was a paper mill in town that emitted the smell of rotten eggs.
(c) The town's main street was lined with magnolia trees.
(d) The river that flowed through town had been polluted by the nearby sewage treatment plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The town in which Janisse's college stood was supported by college students and what other form of revenue?

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

3. When Milton told a story about catching an eight-foot-long indigo snake and it getting loose in his family's home, where did he say they eventually found it?

4. What expensive item did Frank buy for the household in order to foster his childrens' interest in knowledge and learning?

5. What nickname did Frank call his wife, Lee Ada?

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