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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was NOT one of the television evangelists Clyo watched fervently in her later years?
(a) Jimmy Swaggart.
(b) Jerry Falwell.
(c) Tammy Faye Baker.
(d) Billy Graham.

2. In what year did Clyo finally succumb to her various maladies?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1972.

3. What kind of road side stand did Janisse stop at when she saw that a vendor had painted a gopher tortoise with gold and silver paint?
(a) A fresh farm egg stand.
(b) A fruit stand.
(c) A flea market stand.
(d) A barbecue purveyor.

4. For what practice does the gopher tortoise require open sunny spots within their habitats?
(a) Drying out their shells.
(b) Absorbing Vitamin D.
(c) Laying eggs.
(d) Eating.

5. What did Frank, Janisse, and Steve eat for dessert while floating down the river on their trip?
(a) Chocolate cake.
(b) Pudding.
(c) Peanut brittle.
(d) Banana cream pie.

6. How old was Lee Ada when she married Frank?
(a) 25.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

7. Where did Janisse get pants to wear on the rafting trip, her very first time wearing pants due to her family's religious convictions?
(a) In one of the cars in the junkyard.
(b) A local thrift store.
(c) The dump.
(d) She borrowed them from her brother Dell.

8. What did Frank do with the painted tortoise when the vendor finally released it?
(a) He built a little house for it in his backyard.
(b) He administered pain medication to it and set it free.
(c) He took it to a veterinarian.
(d) He dug a burrow for it in the forest and placed the tortoise inside.

9. At the height of the red-cockaded woodpecker's population growth in the eastern United States, about how many were there?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 750,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 250,000.

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

11. What is the main practice of gopher tortoises that helps other types of forest animals to survive?
(a) They dig burrows in which predators become trapped when chasing their prey.
(b) They dig burrows in which other animals take refuge.
(c) They are involved in a symbiotic relationship with a particular parasite that is a favorite food of many forest birds.
(d) They eat seeds that cannot be digested by other animals until they have already passed through the tortoise's digestive system.

12. In what year was Clyo caught bootlegging for the second time, causing her to stop the practice from that point on?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1962.

13. Whose name did Clyo call out when she lay dying?
(a) Janisse's.
(b) Lee Ada's.
(c) Frank's.
(d) Charlie's.

14. What article of clothing did Lee Ada make for Janisse that caused people to call her Little Red Riding Hood?
(a) A red fleece dress.
(b) A red knitted scarf.
(c) A red corduroy coat.
(d) A red fur hat.

15. What evidence of the Lower Creek Indians' prior presence did Lee Ada find on Beulah's property when she was a little girl?
(a) Arrowhead points.
(b) Pottery shards.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Pieces of woven baskets.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Janisse handled the indigo snake that she and Milton had found, she writes that she handled the snake with care for two reasons. One was that she was precious. What was the other reason?

2. After Lee Ada marries Frank, what task did she offer to help her father Arthur with when she was seeking to make peace with him?

3. What sign of distress did Janisse notice when looking at the painted tortoise?

4. During the time Clyo worked in the cotton fields, what was one health problem from which she did NOT suffer?

5. What was the only way the children could tell if Frank thought they had done well at target practice on a particular day?

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