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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 about them and they burned up.
(c) She forgot to add sugar.
(d) She added too much yeast and they began to flow out through the cracks in the oven door.

2. What event first caused Janisse to talk to her teacher Lucia Godfrey during recess, sparking her interest in learning more about nature?
(a) She is assigned recess detention for swearing.
(b) The boys will not allow her to play football.
(c) Her mother tells Janisse a story about Lucia Godfrey that piques Janisse's interest.
(d) It starts to snow and Janisse asks her teacher about this rare event.

3. What event did Frank attend on the day he had his first major nervous breakdown during Janisse's childhood?
(a) A car show.
(b) A gun show.
(c) A gem and rock show.
(d) A boat show.

4. 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?
(a) Freedom, money, and time.
(b) Means, education, and ease.
(c) Money, space, and time.
(d) Time, understanding, and leisure.

5. After Lee Ada marries Frank, what task did she offer to help her father Arthur with when she was seeking to make peace with him?
(a) She offered to help him crop tobacco.
(b) She offered to wash the dishes after supper.
(c) She offered to type up the manuscript of his memoirs.
(d) She offered to help him fix the roof on the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Janisse references a line of literature that may be the original source of the term 'Cracker': Who wrote the line, "What cracker is this same that deafes our eares with this abundance of superfluous breath?"

2. What was the catalyst for the "opening" of Janisse's heart referenced in the chapter title How the Heart Opens?

3. Why did Dell stay home from the rafting trip when Steve and Janisse and Frank go?

4. Once gopher tortoises reach the age at which they are too big to be swallowed, they have few predators. Which of the following is NOT one of their predators during this stage?

5. What prompted Frank to buy out his father Charlie's share of the salvage business?

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