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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Janisse and her brothers covertly celebrate Christmas one year without their father's knowledge?
(a) They used headlights from the salvaged cars to make a string of high-powered Christmas lights as decorations for their tree house.
(b) They went caroling in a neighborhood across town.
(c) They decorated a tree deep in the forest and exchanged gifts with one another.
(d) They met at a friend's house and watched It's a Wonderful Life on television.

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

3. 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?"
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) Christopher Marlowe.
(d) John Donne.

4. What does the term bricoleur mean?
(a) A term given to folk recyclers, those who find purposes for castaway objects in which others cannot see a value.
(b) A term given to someone who cannot see a situation from another's perspective.
(c) A term given to a manipulative person.
(d) A term given to a bread-maker who uses only natural ingredients.

5. What is NOT one of the dangers Janisse's father Frank mentions when warning the children about the treacherous junkyard?
(a) Poisoning.
(b) A bad cut.
(c) Lockjaw.
(d) Plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When the author writes that Frank would often help "a family like the Joads" by feeding them or finding candy for their children when they stopped in to get a part to fix their broken-down car, what novel is she referencing?

3. What traits does Janisse say are the two most elemental features of Frank's personality when she describes him in Chapter 7, Junkyard?

4. How many children did Clyo and Charlie have together?

5. The family's junkyard was bordered by a group of row houses that lacked two modern conveniences. What two elements did the houses lack?

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