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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of road side stand did Janisse stop at when she saw that a vendor had painted a gopher tortoise with gold and silver paint?
(a) A fruit stand.
(b) A fresh farm egg stand.
(c) A barbecue purveyor.
(d) A flea market stand.

2. Janisse uses a quote from which novel to begin Chapter 3, Shame?
(a) A Brave New World.
(b) Ecotopia.
(c) A Separate Peace.
(d) Absalom, Absalom.

3. How old was Lee Ada when she married Frank?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

4. Why did Lee Ada and Frank elope?
(a) Because Lee Ada's father did not approve of the marriage.
(b) Because they did not have money for a big wedding.
(c) Because Frank's mother did not approve of the marriage.
(d) Because Frank's father did not approve of the marriage.

5. In Chapter 3, Janisse describes her family's junkyard as ten acres of failed what?
(a) Plans.
(b) Machines.
(c) Goals.
(d) Memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. When her brothers did not want to play school, what would Janisse do instead?

2. Which of the following is an element of the dialect known as "Cracker speech"?

3. Because Janisse was one of her grandfather Charlie's favorite grandchildren, what two skills did he teach her?

4. What did Frank use to beat Janisse and her brothers after they stood by while a neighbor boy killed a snapping turtle?

5. Janisse insists that she could never cook, telling a story about what happened the scant two times she tried to bake cookies. What happened each time?

(see the answer key)

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