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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the preacher at first refused to marry Lee Ada and Frank, he finally agreed, providing they agree to one condition. What was that one condition?
(a) They will not tell their parents who officiated the ceremony.
(b) They will name their firstborn child after the preacher.
(c) They will get married outside rather than in the church.
(d) They will refrain from having children for one full year.

2. 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) Money, space, and time.
(b) Means, education, and ease.
(c) Time, understanding, and leisure.
(d) Freedom, money, and time.

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

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) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) Walden.
(c) On Golden Pond.
(d) Absalom, Absalom.

5. Indigo snakes have a four-month mating season once a year. When is it?
(a) June through September.
(b) December through March.
(c) October through January.
(d) November through February.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Janisse when her maternal grandfather Arthur died of cancer?

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

3. How did Janisse and her siblings get access to books which they knew would garner their father's disapproval?

4. At what store did Beulah shop every Friday, rain or shine?

5. Though Frank did not graduate from high school, Janisse cited two other forms of education that Frank sought out and received. What were those two sources of education?

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