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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the town of Brunswick have a distinctive smell?
(a) The town's main street was lined with magnolia trees.
(b) The river that flowed through town had been polluted by the nearby sewage treatment plant.
(c) There was a paper mill in town that emitted the smell of rotten eggs.
(d) There was frequent spreading of fertilizer on the crops to keep the soil fertile.

2. When Milton told a story about catching an eight-foot-long indigo snake and it getting loose in his family's home, where did he say they eventually found it?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the basement.
(c) Wrapped around a pipe under the bathroom sink.
(d) Wrapped around the coils behind the freezer.

3. What object did Frank create out of driveshafts, hollow metal rods, and fence wire?
(a) A bathtub frame.
(b) A cart to pull behind the family car.
(c) A jungle gym.
(d) An arbor for a grapevine.

4. Though she did not speak to Charlie for 25 years after they split up, what did Clyo do that showed she still cared about him?
(a) When Charlie had bad bouts of arthritis, Clyo always made up a batch of her special salve and sent it to Charlie.
(b) When Charlie stopped in to the Greasy Spoon Cafe, she always sent him a little note on his napkin when she sent his food out from the kitchen.
(c) When Charlie came to visit the children still living in Clyo's home, Clyo always left the house but left Charlie one of their love notes from the past.
(d) When Charlie came to visit their grown son across the street, she always fixed him a plate of food and sent another of their children over to give it to him.

5. In the chapter Beulahland, Janisse shares one of Beulah's recipes that was passed down to her for her hope chest. What dish is laid out in the recipe?
(a) Buttermilk pie.
(b) Buttermilk biscuits.
(c) Shepherd's pie.
(d) Coconut cream pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason did Frank throw out the family's television set when Janisse's little sister Kay was a baby?

2. Who was NOT one of the television evangelists Clyo watched fervently in her later years?

3. For what practice does the gopher tortoise require open sunny spots within their habitats?

4. How old was Lee Ada when she married Frank?

5. What was the main reason Janisse and her siblings were not anxious to use the camper on a trip?

(see the answer key)

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