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

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) The swath of huckleberry bushes deep in the forest behind her childhood home.
(b) The mouth of the Altamaha River.
(c) Her grandmother's and grandfather's graves in the cemetery.
(d) The willow tree where she experienced her first kiss.

2. When Janisse was very small and used to hide from her mother in the junkyard, what remedy did her mother use in order to find her?
(a) She called the sheriff to come search for Janisse among the junk.
(b) She tied jingle bells onto Janisse's shoes.
(c) She lured her with the promise of peaches.
(d) She waited until Janisse's father got home and sent him to find Janisse.

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

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

5. Because Janisse was one of her grandfather Charlie's favorite grandchildren, what two skills did he teach her?
(a) How to play the piano and how to tie a good knot.
(b) How to find huckleberry patches and how to make a raft.
(c) How to fight and how to fish.
(d) How to play horseshoes and how to wrestle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, Timber, Janisse writes that railroads were to pines what railroads were to buffalo. What does she state that railroads were to both pines and buffalo?

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

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

4. What was the catalyst for the "opening" of Janisse's heart referenced in the chapter title How the Heart Opens?

5. Of the 156 million acres that used to constitute the longleaf pine's southeastern range, how many of those acres were once covered by longleaf pines?

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