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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who fell overboard when the family visited the houseboat of another local family, prompting Frank to save the person?
(a) Janisse.
(b) Dell.
(c) Steve.
(d) Lee Ada.

2. What prompted Janisse to write an essay about the rafting trip down the Altamaha?
(a) She did not ever want to forget the details of the trip.
(b) Her father told her that she should.
(c) Her mother told her that she should.
(d) She had brought Thoreau's Journals along on the trip.

3. When the author writes that Frank would often help "a family like the Joads" by feeding them or finding candy for their children when they stopped in to get a part to fix their broken-down car, what novel is she referencing?
(a) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
(b) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(c) The Stranger by Albert Camus.
(d) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

4. How far a distance do flatwood salamanders travel each way in order to reach the breeding grounds?
(a) 3 miles.
(b) 500 yards.
(c) 200 yards.
(d) 1 mile.

5. What was the name of the drunk transient man whom Frank invited in for dinner?
(a) Elvin.
(b) Elray.
(c) Elvis.
(d) Elrod.

6. What was the main reason Janisse and her siblings were not anxious to use the camper on a trip?
(a) They thought it was very ugly.
(b) They thought it would be too heavy and would make their old car break down.
(c) They did not think their father would like camping.
(d) They did not think they would like camping.

7. Where did Janisse get pants to wear on the rafting trip, her very first time wearing pants due to her family's religious convictions?
(a) She borrowed them from her brother Dell.
(b) In one of the cars in the junkyard.
(c) The dump.
(d) A local thrift store.

8. In what year was Clyo caught bootlegging for the second time, causing her to stop the practice from that point on?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1962.

9. How old was Janisse when the family's boat sprung a leak on the Altamaha River and dumped everyone into the water?
(a) Two years old.
(b) Three months old.
(c) Three years old.
(d) Two months old.

10. Who was NOT one of the television evangelists Clyo watched fervently in her later years?
(a) Tammy Faye Baker.
(b) Jimmy Swaggart.
(c) Jerry Falwell.
(d) Billy Graham.

11. What forbidden activity do Janisse and her siblings get to do when they are at Beulah's house?
(a) They get to celebrate the childrens' birthdays.
(b) They get to watch television.
(c) They get to wear summer clothes.
(d) They get to wear bathing suits while swimming.

12. What did Frank tell the children they must do if anyone approached the family's swimming hole while he was teaching them to swim?
(a) They have to be nice to the newcomers and introduce themselves.
(b) They have to go underwater.
(c) They have to grab their towels and cover up as quickly as they can.
(d) They have to run and jump into the car even if they are soaking wet.

13. What job did Janisse's friend Milton have when they were hiking and found the rare indigo snake together?
(a) Baker.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Zoologist.
(d) Botanist.

14. What evidence of the Lower Creek Indians' prior presence did Lee Ada find on Beulah's property when she was a little girl?
(a) Pottery shards.
(b) Arrowhead points.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Pieces of woven baskets.

15. What number child was Lee Ada within her family?
(a) Seven of eight.
(b) Six of seven.
(c) Five of six.
(d) Three of four.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Charlie die when he passed away three years prior to Clyo's death?

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?

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

4. Which state designated the gopher tortoise as their state reptile in 1989?

5. At the height of the red-cockaded woodpecker's population growth in the eastern United States, about how many were there?

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