Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What materials did Frank use in order to build the children a swing set in the backyard?
2. In what year was Janisse born?
3. What did Frank's children begin to watch for as a sign that he was entering a manic phase of his mental illness?
4. When Janisse was very small and used to hide from her mother in the junkyard, what remedy did her mother use in order to find her?
5. Who was Foster Sellers and how did he play a role in the children's junkyard games?
Short Essay Questions
1. Janisse said there was only one type of occasion that did not elicit shame from her role as a junkyard owner's daughter. What is the only thing that occurs that does not bring her shame?
2. How does the passage regarding the bank robber Foster Sellers exhibit the theme of identity prevalent throughout the memoir?
3. When Janisse wrote that her father Frank was a "mechanic in the word's truest sense," what did she mean?
4. What are some ways in which Janisse shows her parents that she is a tomboy who likes to be outside in nature more than she enjoys any other activities?
5. Why were the conditions so favorable for Frank's junkyard business to make money?
6. How does Janisse describe her feelings toward her father when he was mentally unwell?
7. Due to their parents' religious beliefs and their resulting family rules, what were some of the practices forbidden to Janisse and her siblings?
8. Besides the fact that he thought it had better prices than other stores, why did Frank shop at Winn-Dixie?
9. How does Janisse Ray use her great-grandfather Pun's career progression to show how white-collar jobs can be even more damaging to the environment than can blue-collar jobs?
10. What reasons does Janisse give for God disliking pine plantations?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What parallels does Janisse Ray draw between a junkyard and the wilderness throughout the memoir? How does this unique viewpoint help to get across her message to the reader concerning environmentalism and the role humans ought to inhabit in relation to nature?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the characterization methods the author uses in order to depict her father Frank's personality and worldview.
Essay Topic 3
In the chapter entitled Light, Janisse Ray uses white space to surround the words "Evolve. Adapt. Survive." What is her purpose for setting these words apart from the rest of the text and how do these words relate to the many themes displayed within her memoir?
|
This section contains 1,386 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
