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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the catalyst for the "opening" of Janisse's heart referenced in the chapter title How the Heart Opens?
(a) Her father's healing from his mental illness.
(b) Her discovery of her love for painting.
(c) Her brother's decision to become a minister.
(d) Her fascination with the carnivorous pitcher plant.

2. At the hands of the tree farmers, the land was laid bare. What simile does Janisse use to describe its bare state?
(a) Bare as a sand dune.
(b) Bare as a vulture's pate.
(c) Bare as a possum's tail.
(d) Bare as a blank sheet of paper.

3. What expensive item did Frank buy for the household in order to foster his childrens' interest in knowledge and learning?
(a) A microscope kit.
(b) A set of encyclopedias.
(c) A gold-encased compass.
(d) A marble globe.

4. What did Frank use to beat Janisse and her brothers after they stood by while a neighbor boy killed a snapping turtle?
(a) A ruler.
(b) A belt.
(c) A wooden paddle.
(d) A wooden spoon.

5. Why did Frank abandon after only a year the church he had founded when his children were small?
(a) He wanted to move the family to a different county.
(b) He did not think his growing congregation was devoted enough to their faith.
(c) He felt that God had not officially or personally called him to preach.
(d) He did not know how he could make enough money as a preacher in order to support his large family.

6. What was the subject of Janisse's recurring daydream she had during church services?
(a) Being a bank robber.
(b) Having a very tiny real baby of her own.
(c) Living in the forest as a hermit.
(d) Running off to join the circus.

7. How often does Janisse say thunderstorms happened in the summer in their area of Georgia?
(a) About once a month.
(b) Almost every summer afternoon.
(c) At least three times a week.
(d) Rarely.

8. Which of the following is an element of the dialect known as "Cracker speech"?
(a) The drawing out of vowel sounds.
(b) Dangling participles.
(c) Ending sentences with prepositions.
(d) Widespread use of the double negative.

9. What job did Janisse's great-grandfather Pun have that she sees as having wreaked havoc on the longleaf pine forests?
(a) Lumberjack.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Surveyor.
(d) Cattle herder.

10. Pun's oft-given piece of advice to his son was, "Don't take more on your heart than you can shake off your heels." How does Janisse feel about this lesson?
(a) She says that everyone in her family appears to have learned it except her, and she wishes she could learn it.
(b) She says that she does not know what it truly means.
(c) She says that she has tried to live her life by it but has failed.
(d) She says that she has never learned it and hopes that she never does.

11. How often did the car crusher make a visit to the family junkyard?
(a) Every three months.
(b) Every week.
(c) Every two years.
(d) Every five years.

12. What is the oldest age to which longleaf pines can live?
(a) 200 years old.
(b) 300 years old.
(c) 500 years old.
(d) 1000 years old.

13. In what way was the Ray family different than everyone else in the Apostolic Church's congregation?
(a) They were the only family with fewer than eight children.
(b) They celebrated Christmas.
(c) They were the only white members of the congregation.
(d) They were the only ones who did not speak in tongues.

14. What prompted Frank to buy out his father Charlie's share of the salvage business?
(a) Charlie wants to move to Florida to pick oranges for a living.
(b) Frank fights too often with Charlie, making the workplace too tense.
(c) Charlie cares only about living paycheck to paycheck, but Frank wants to do more than just survive.
(d) Frank discovers that Charlie has been siphoning money from the business into his own pockets.

15. What nickname did Frank call his wife, Lee Ada?
(a) Cookins.
(b) Cooks.
(c) Cook.
(d) Cookie.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Janisse tells her father repeatedly that she does not like her piano lessons, what does she say she would rather be doing?

2. 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?

3. How did Janisse and her brothers covertly celebrate Christmas one year without their father's knowledge?

4. What does the term bricoleur mean?

5. In Chapter 4, Built by Fire, what two natural elements does Janisse pit against one another in her personification-laden story?

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