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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Introduction, Janisse describes where she goes to find herself among what has been and what remains. Where is that place?
(a) Her grandmother's and grandfather's graves in the cemetery.
(b) The swath of huckleberry bushes deep in the forest behind her childhood home.
(c) The mouth of the Altamaha River.
(d) The willow tree where she experienced her first kiss.

2. 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) Christopher Marlowe.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) John Donne.

3. What object did Frank create out of driveshafts, hollow metal rods, and fence wire?
(a) An arbor for a grapevine.
(b) A cart to pull behind the family car.
(c) A jungle gym.
(d) A bathtub frame.

4. How old was Janisse when her maternal grandfather Arthur died of cancer?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

5. When Janisse tells her father repeatedly that she does not like her piano lessons, what does she say she would rather be doing?
(a) She would rather be helping her mother sew.
(b) She would rather be outside.
(c) She would rather be learning how to fix cars.
(d) She would rather be peeling potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Janisse's parents tell the the children the stories of their births, where do they say Janisse was found?

2. What was the name of the Rays' neighbor who survived a train accident in 1955?

3. What did Charlie hope to accomplish by placing old shoes beneath plants?

4. In what year was the red-cockaded woodpecker federally listed as endangered?

5. On the outskirts of what town is the junkyard where Janisse spent her childhood?

(see the answer key)

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