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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 did Charlie hope to accomplish by placing old shoes beneath plants?
(a) He said it would inspire the plants to outrun any diseases that threatened their health.
(b) He hoped that the slowly decomposing leather would leech nitrogen to fertilize the plants.
(c) He thought the leather would insulate the plants from contact with the frozen ground.
(d) He believed that shoes were good luck for living things.

2. How many acres did Janisse's family's land take up, including the family home and her father Frank's junkyard?
(a) 20 acres.
(b) 4 acres.
(c) 15 acres.
(d) 10 acres.

3. During the time Clyo worked in the cotton fields, what was one health problem from which she did NOT suffer?
(a) Bad knees.
(b) Gout.
(c) A lost kidney.
(d) Diabetes.

4. What kind of road side stand did Janisse stop at when she saw that a vendor had painted a gopher tortoise with gold and silver paint?
(a) A fruit stand.
(b) A fresh farm egg stand.
(c) A barbecue purveyor.
(d) A flea market stand.

5. What traits does Janisse say are the two most elemental features of Frank's personality when she describes him in Chapter 7, Junkyard?
(a) Intelligence and kindness.
(b) Patience and doggedness.
(c) Dexterity and compassion.
(d) Understanding and order.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What expensive item did Frank buy for the household in order to foster his childrens' interest in knowledge and learning?

3. Why did the welfare checks for Clyo and her children stop coming a few years after she and Charlie split up?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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