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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-30, Afterword, & Appendices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose name did Clyo call out when she lay dying?
(a) Lee Ada's.
(b) Frank's.
(c) Janisse's.
(d) Charlie's.

2. What does the term bricoleur mean?
(a) A term given to folk recyclers, those who find purposes for castaway objects in which others cannot see a value.
(b) A term given to a manipulative person.
(c) A term given to someone who cannot see a situation from another's perspective.
(d) A term given to a bread-maker who uses only natural ingredients.

3. What does Janisse say the source of southern Georgia's majesty and sublimity used to come from before that source was destroyed?
(a) Many clear springs, rivers, and waterfalls.
(b) The clear, unpolluted skies.
(c) The longleaf pine forests.
(d) The wide diversity of native bird species.

4. Of the 156 million acres that used to constitute the longleaf pine's southeastern range, how many of those acres were once covered by longleaf pines?
(a) 85 million.
(b) 35 million.
(c) 105 million.
(d) 65 million.

5. When Milton told a story about catching an eight-foot-long indigo snake and it getting loose in his family's home, where did he say they eventually found it?
(a) In the basement.
(b) Wrapped around the coils behind the freezer.
(c) Wrapped around a pipe under the bathroom sink.
(d) In the attic.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Janisse's parents tell the the children the stories of their births, where do they say Janisse was found?

2. Why did Frank abandon after only a year the church he had founded when his children were small?

3. What constituted Janisse's and her brothers' very favorite game within the junkyard?

4. Where did Janisse get pants to wear on the rafting trip, her very first time wearing pants due to her family's religious convictions?

5. The family's junkyard was bordered by a group of row houses that lacked two modern conveniences. What two elements did the houses lack?

(see the answer key)

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