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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The family's junkyard was bordered by a group of row houses that lacked two modern conveniences. What two elements did the houses lack?
(a) Heat and running water.
(b) Electricity and telephone service.
(c) Electricity and running water.
(d) Running water and telephone service.

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

3. What breed was the dog that Frank treated with painkillers and saved after it had been hit by a car on the highway?
(a) Beagle.
(b) Dachshund.
(c) Golden Retriever.
(d) Collie.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fell overboard when the family visited the houseboat of another local family, prompting Frank to save the person?

2. When Janisse's family said grace before each meal, each child in the family was required to say something. What were they required by Frank to say?

3. What article of clothing did Lee Ada make for Janisse that caused people to call her Little Red Riding Hood?

4. Though everyone was aware of Frank's predilection toward mental illness, what did everyone, including the police, agree was another possible cause of his first major nervous breakdown?

5. What forbidden activity do Janisse and her siblings get to do when they are at Beulah's house?

(see the answer key)

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