Ecology of a Cracker Childhood Test | Final Test - Hard

Janisse Ray
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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood Test | Final Test - Hard

Janisse Ray
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose name did Clyo call out when she lay dying?

2. What is the maximum rainfall that occurs in Appling County in a given year?

3. The family's junkyard was bordered by a group of row houses that lacked two modern conveniences. What two elements did the houses lack?

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

5. Though Janisse had never seen an indigo snake in the wild until she was an adult, her older friend Milton said that he had seen them before. In what context had he seen them?

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. Why did so many strangers from other places stop by the family's junkyard?

3. What were some elements of Frank's childhood that belie the poverty his family suffered during the aftershocks of the stock market crash in 1929?

4. What does Janisse mean when she writes that the last chapter of Proverbs describes her mother Lee Ada better than anything she herself could attempt?

5. 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)

6. What is ironic about Clyo's refusal to let Frank help her improve her health and her simultaneous belief that sending the little money she has to televangelists will make her well again?

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

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

9. How does the concept of determinism emerge in the final paragraph of the chapter entitled Poverty?

10. What aspect of her parents' relationship did Janisse feel jealousy about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's infrequent and therefore prominent use of second person within her memoir. What is the context for each of these instances and what effect does the author intend these usages of second person language to have upon the reader?

Essay Topic 2

In the chapter entitled Light, Janisse Ray uses white space to surround the words "Evolve. Adapt. Survive." What is her purpose for setting these words apart from the rest of the text and how do these words relate to the many themes displayed within her memoir?

Essay Topic 3

Find instances of the author drawing parallels between the creatures of southern Georgia and the people who inhabit the region. How does each instance send its own message and how do they work in concert with one another to send a larger, cohesive message to the reader of the memoir?

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