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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of business did Janisse's grandfather Charlie run with his wife Clyo until he got into a fistfight that destroyed the structure?
(a) An insurance office.
(b) A thrift store.
(c) A pharmacy.
(d) A restaurant.

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

3. What did Frank do with the painted tortoise when the vendor finally released it?
(a) He dug a burrow for it in the forest and placed the tortoise inside.
(b) He administered pain medication to it and set it free.
(c) He built a little house for it in his backyard.
(d) He took it to a veterinarian.

4. Though she patiently and valiantly fought to bring Frank back to mental health, what happened to finally convince Lee Ada that Frank needed to check in to a mental hospital?
(a) Frank cooked a rat and prepared to eat it for dinner.
(b) Frank walked into town while naked.
(c) Frank locked her and the children in the back bedroom for hours, denying them food and water and murmuring to himself as he paced the house.
(d) Frank lay in the yard for two days, refusing to get up.

5. What is the maximum life span of a gopher tortoise?
(a) 70 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 50 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frank use to beat Janisse and her brothers after they stood by while a neighbor boy killed a snapping turtle?

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. At the hands of the tree farmers, the land was laid bare. What simile does Janisse use to describe its bare state?

4. In Chapter 10, Timber, Janisse writes that railroads were to pines what railroads were to buffalo. What does she state that railroads were to both pines and buffalo?

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

(see the answer key)

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