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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Introduction, Janisse describes where she goes to find herself among what has been and what remains. Where is that place?
(a) Her grandmother's and grandfather's graves in the cemetery.
(b) The mouth of the Altamaha River.
(c) The willow tree where she experienced her first kiss.
(d) The swath of huckleberry bushes deep in the forest behind her childhood home.

2. In what county in Georgia was Janisse raised?
(a) Grasslands County.
(b) Mason County.
(c) Appling County.
(d) Fulton County.

3. When Charlie somehow got out of the mental institution to which Clyo had him committed, how did she persuade him to leave the family home again?
(a) By telling him that the children would be better off without him.
(b) By telling him that he could live in the old van down by the river.
(c) By giving him all the money she had.
(d) By calling the police and threatening to have him recommitted.

4. When Janisse and her brothers used to play school, with Janisse often acting as the teacher, what did they use as a chalkboard?
(a) A bluish-green 1950 Nash car.
(b) The concrete wall of the garage.
(c) The sanded-down back of an old easel.
(d) A broken piece of chalkboard that had been salvaged from the childrens' demolished school.

5. What type of bird was Clyde, the bird that Frank nursed back to health after finding it on the side of the highway with a broken leg and wing?
(a) A woodpecker.
(b) A robin.
(c) A heron.
(d) A pigeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Foster Sellers and how did he play a role in the children's junkyard games?

2. 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?

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

4. What did Charlie hope to accomplish by placing old shoes beneath plants?

5. What expensive item did Frank buy for the household in order to foster his childrens' interest in knowledge and learning?

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