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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) The Stranger by Albert Camus.
(b) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
(c) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
(d) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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

4. What book did Janisse read that caused her to look closely at an anthill in the junkyard and to simply the furnishings in her room?
(a) On Golden Pond.
(b) Walden.
(c) Absalom, Absalom.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

5. What reason did Frank provide for giving Lee Ada a note saying, "Yes, Lee Ada, I will love you forever."
(a) He says that Lee Ada had never before received a love note, so he wanted his to be simple and to the point.
(b) He says that Lee Ada had told Frank many times by then that she loved him, but he had never had the courage to tell her, so he finally wrote it down.
(c) He says that Lee Ada had asked him so often if he still loved her that he had finally written down the answer so she would not forget.
(d) He says that Lee Ada's father did not believe that Frank loved Lee Ada, so he wanted to provide him with written proof.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why did Lee Ada and Frank elope?

3. What did Frank do with the painted tortoise when the vendor finally released it?

4. What was the punishment if Janisse or one of her siblings disobeyed Frank's instructions while they were left alone in the house?

5. What is the maximum rainfall that occurs in Appling County in a given year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Janisse draw parallels between the red-cockaded woodpecker and the Cracker people who inhabit her homeland?

2. What does Janisse mean when she writes that the last chapter of Proverbs describes her mother Lee Ada better than anything she herself could attempt?

3. Who was the first person to spark Janisse's interest in the natural world and how did that person spark her interest?

4. What story does Janisse use to show how careful and smart her grandmother Clyo was when trying to run her bootlegging operation without getting caught?

5. What were the two pieces of advice given to Frank by the doctor in the state mental hospital who had taken an interest in his case?

6. How does the concept of determinism emerge in the final paragraph of the chapter entitled Poverty?

7. What was Janisse's reaction to seeing her first indigo snake live in the wild?

8. How did Lee Ada's father Arthur feel about Frank's and Lee Ada's decision to elope?

9. If she had any spare time, what did Janisse always want to do and how did her mother feel about that pastime?

10. Why did so many strangers from other places stop by the family's junkyard?

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