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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When tree farming became common practice in 1940, why was the longleaf pine rarely planted by tree farmers?
(a) It did not bring as much money as other species of tree.
(b) Its seedlings were too expensive.
(c) It required too much room to grow.
(d) Its taproot was unwieldy and it grew slowly.

2. What prompted Frank to buy out his father Charlie's share of the salvage business?
(a) Charlie wants to move to Florida to pick oranges for a living.
(b) Frank discovers that Charlie has been siphoning money from the business into his own pockets.
(c) Frank fights too often with Charlie, making the workplace too tense.
(d) Charlie cares only about living paycheck to paycheck, but Frank wants to do more than just survive.

3. 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 a bread-maker who uses only natural ingredients.
(c) A term given to a manipulative person.
(d) A term given to someone who cannot see a situation from another's perspective.

4. In Chapter 3, Janisse describes her family's junkyard as ten acres of failed what?
(a) Plans.
(b) Memories.
(c) Goals.
(d) Machines.

5. What does Janisse say the source of southern Georgia's majesty and sublimity used to come from before that source was destroyed?
(a) The wide diversity of native bird species.
(b) The clear, unpolluted skies.
(c) The longleaf pine forests.
(d) Many clear springs, rivers, and waterfalls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number child is Janisse within her family?

2. What city is NOT one of the bigger cities closest to Janisse's hometown?

3. Which of the following is an element of the dialect known as "Cracker speech"?

4. For what reason did Frank throw out the family's television set when Janisse's little sister Kay was a baby?

5. What does Dell, Janisse's brother, claim to have seen men stealing from the junkyard in the middle of the night?

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