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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What article of clothing did Lee Ada make for Janisse that caused people to call her Little Red Riding Hood?
(a) A red fur hat.
(b) A red corduroy coat.
(c) A red knitted scarf.
(d) A red fleece dress.

2. In what year did Clyo finally succumb to her various maladies?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1990.

3. What is the average amount of rainfall in Appling County, Georgia?
(a) 40 inches.
(b) 30 inches.
(c) 50 inches.
(d) 60 inches.

4. 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?
(a) She did not cook them long enough and served them raw.
(b) She forgot to add sugar.
(c) She forgot about them and they burned up.
(d) She added too much yeast and they began to flow out through the cracks in the oven door.

5. In what year was the red-cockaded woodpecker federally listed as endangered?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1960.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are trees rare on savannas?

2. Though the preacher at first refused to marry Lee Ada and Frank, he finally agreed, providing they agree to one condition. What was that one condition?

3. What did Frank use to plug the holes in the flat-bottomed boat?

4. John James Audubon is famous for something besides the bird-watching society that carries his name. How did he make his living?

5. What did Frank do with the painted tortoise when the vendor finally released it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Janisse use to show how careful and smart her grandmother Clyo was when trying to run her bootlegging operation without getting caught?

2. How does Janisse describe the type of knowledge she had by the time she left home versus the type of knowledge she lacked at that time?

3. What are the special characteristics of living near longleaf pines that cause the lives of the animals that live near them to be "woven together?" (141)

4. How does Janisse draw parallels between the red-cockaded woodpecker and the Cracker people who inhabit her homeland?

5. How did Janisse feel about her mother when she was a child?

6. How did Lee Ada's father Arthur feel about Frank's and Lee Ada's decision to elope?

7. What was Janisse's reaction to seeing her first indigo snake live in the wild?

8. What types of things did Lee Ada collect to satisfy her love for pretty things?

9. Why did Janisse choose to call her father Frank rather than the sheriff or the wildlife officer or someone else when she could not talk the fruit vendor into turning over the distressed tortoise he had just painted with gold and silver paint?

10. What were the two pieces of advice given to Frank by the doctor in the state mental hospital who had taken an interest in his case?

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