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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. How far away was the closest movie theater to North Georgia College?
(a) Thirty minutes away.
(b) Two hours away.
(c) An hour away.
(d) Five minutes away.

2. Why did James Dickey agree to come speak at Janisse's college even though she had only been able to offer him 1/7th of his usual fee?
(a) His wife had just fallen ill so he needed the money.
(b) Her college had been his alma mater.
(c) He loved the area, had written a poem about a creek nearby the school, and hoped to be buried there.
(d) Janisse told him she loved everything he had written, besides Deliverance, and her honesty pleased him.

3. What activity did Janisse partake in that she said was a metaphor for her arrival into the real world?
(a) Skydiving.
(b) Night-rappelling.
(c) Night-swimming.
(d) Water skiing.

4. Which state designated the gopher tortoise as their state reptile in 1989?
(a) Texas.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Florida.
(d) Georgia.

5. What type of tree did Janisse nearly hit when she attempted her first landing while skydiving?
(a) A fir.
(b) A pine.
(c) An aspen.
(d) An oak.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years does Janisse say her family had been in Appling County, Georgia?

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

3. On the outskirts of what town is the junkyard where Janisse spent her childhood?

4. What object did Frank create out of driveshafts, hollow metal rods, and fence wire?

5. When the author writes that Frank would often help "a family like the Joads" by feeding them or finding candy for their children when they stopped in to get a part to fix their broken-down car, what novel is she referencing?

(see the answer key)

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