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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. With which type of creature was Janisse's maternal grandmother Beulah fascinated?
2. Though Janisse had never seen an indigo snake in the wild until she was an adult, her older friend Milton said that he had seen them before. In what context had he seen them?
3. What kind of creature did Beulah catch in her hands one day, much to the delight of Janisse and her siblings?
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 color is the Bachman's sparrow?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Janisse feel about her mother when she was a child?
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. How did Lee Ada's father Arthur feel about Frank's and Lee Ada's decision to elope?
4. Who was the first person to spark Janisse's interest in the natural world and how did that person spark her interest?
5. What is the main characteristic present in indigo snakes that led to much of their endangered status, in addition to the fact that they use endangered gopher tortoises' burrows as shelter?
6. How does the concept of determinism emerge in the final paragraph of the chapter entitled Poverty?
7. How does Janisse draw parallels between the red-cockaded woodpecker and the Cracker people who inhabit her homeland?
8. What actions does Janisse relate taking in order to show how interested she was in anything advertised as free in her childhood?
9. What types of things did Lee Ada collect to satisfy her love for pretty things?
10. What aspect of her parents' relationship did Janisse feel jealousy about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the structure the author uses to construct Ecology of a Cracker Childhood and discuss what her purpose is for structuring the memoir as she does. What advantages does it give her and how does it align with the messages she is trying to get across to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the significance of the memoir's title. What does it mean and how does it contain all of the main themes put forth within the whole of the memoir?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's purpose for describing her love for the carnivorous pitcher plant in such great detail within the chapter entitled How the Heart Opens. What lessons does she learn from the plant, how does she apply these lessons within her life, and how does she use the depiction of her relationship with the pitcher plant to support the overall themes of the memoir?
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