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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the town of Brunswick have a distinctive smell?
(a) The river that flowed through town had been polluted by the nearby sewage treatment plant.
(b) There was frequent spreading of fertilizer on the crops to keep the soil fertile.
(c) There was a paper mill in town that emitted the smell of rotten eggs.
(d) The town's main street was lined with magnolia trees.

3. For how many years does Janisse say her family had been in Appling County, Georgia?
(a) 210 years.
(b) 150 years.
(c) 86 years.
(d) 180 years.

4. What job did Janisse's great-grandfather Pun have that she sees as having wreaked havoc on the longleaf pine forests?
(a) Lumberjack.
(b) Cattle herder.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Surveyor.

5. Which of the following is an element of the dialect known as "Cracker speech"?
(a) Widespread use of the double negative.
(b) The drawing out of vowel sounds.
(c) Dangling participles.
(d) Ending sentences with prepositions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Frank call his wife, Lee Ada?

2. What materials did Frank use in order to build the children a swing set in the backyard?

3. What does Janisse say the source of southern Georgia's majesty and sublimity used to come from before that source was destroyed?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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