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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 did not think their father would like camping.
(d) They thought it was very ugly.

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

3. 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) She borrowed them from her brother Dell.
(b) A local thrift store.
(c) The dump.
(d) In one of the cars in the junkyard.

4. The author writes that although the families in her area would have defended the land to the death, they lacked three things that would have allowed them to care about the actual health of its natural communities. What were those three things?
(a) Means, education, and ease.
(b) Freedom, money, and time.
(c) Money, space, and time.
(d) Time, understanding, and leisure.

5. Janisse insists that she could never cook, telling a story about what happened the scant two times she tried to bake cookies. What happened each time?
(a) She added too much yeast and they began to flow out through the cracks in the oven door.
(b) She did not cook them long enough and served them raw.
(c) She forgot about them and they burned up.
(d) She forgot to add sugar.

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

7. 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.

8. What was the name of the drunk transient man whom Frank invited in for dinner?
(a) Elray.
(b) Elvis.
(c) Elvin.
(d) Elrod.

9. What event first caused Janisse to talk to her teacher Lucia Godfrey during recess, sparking her interest in learning more about nature?
(a) She is assigned recess detention for swearing.
(b) Her mother tells Janisse a story about Lucia Godfrey that piques Janisse's interest.
(c) The boys will not allow her to play football.
(d) It starts to snow and Janisse asks her teacher about this rare event.

10. Why are trees rare on savannas?
(a) They do not receive enough sunlight.
(b) They receive too much direct sunlight.
(c) They are too wet.
(d) They are too shallow to support roots.

11. How old was Janisse when her maternal grandfather Arthur died of cancer?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

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

13. What number child was Lee Ada within her family?
(a) Six of seven.
(b) Seven of eight.
(c) Five of six.
(d) Three of four.

14. In what year was the red-cockaded woodpecker federally listed as endangered?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1970.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the maximum life span of a gopher tortoise?

2. Which state designated the gopher tortoise as their state reptile in 1989?

3. 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?

4. What color is the Bachman's sparrow?

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

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