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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 threat did Janisse use to try to get the vendor to let her take the painted tortoise to safety?
(a) She said she would knock over the vendor's wares.
(b) She said she would call her father.
(c) She said she would call the wildlife officer.
(d) She said she would call the police.

2. Why did Frank abandon after only a year the church he had founded when his children were small?
(a) He did not know how he could make enough money as a preacher in order to support his large family.
(b) He felt that God had not officially or personally called him to preach.
(c) He wanted to move the family to a different county.
(d) He did not think his growing congregation was devoted enough to their faith.

3. 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?
(a) Raccoons.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Humans.

4. Pun's oft-given piece of advice to his son was, "Don't take more on your heart than you can shake off your heels." How does Janisse feel about this lesson?
(a) She says that she has tried to live her life by it but has failed.
(b) She says that everyone in her family appears to have learned it except her, and she wishes she could learn it.
(c) She says that she has never learned it and hopes that she never does.
(d) She says that she does not know what it truly means.

5. How often does Janisse say thunderstorms happened in the summer in their area of Georgia?
(a) Rarely.
(b) At least three times a week.
(c) About once a month.
(d) Almost every summer afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Janisse not worry when she did not have time to clean the makeshift chalkboard she and her brothers used to play school?

3. For how many years does Janisse say her family had been in Appling County, Georgia?

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?

5. When Janisse and her brothers used to play school, with Janisse often acting as the teacher, what did they use as a chalkboard?

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