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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the outskirts of what town is the junkyard where Janisse spent her childhood?
(a) Baxley, Georgia.
(b) Augusta, Georgia.
(c) Macon, Georgia.
(d) Atlanta, Georgia.

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 waited until Janisse's father got home and sent him to find Janisse.
(d) She lured her with the promise of peaches.

3. How did Janisse and her brothers covertly celebrate Christmas one year without their father's knowledge?
(a) They used headlights from the salvaged cars to make a string of high-powered Christmas lights as decorations for their tree house.
(b) They met at a friend's house and watched It's a Wonderful Life on television.
(c) They went caroling in a neighborhood across town.
(d) They decorated a tree deep in the forest and exchanged gifts with one another.

4. What breed was the dog that Frank treated with painkillers and saved after it had been hit by a car on the highway?
(a) Golden Retriever.
(b) Dachshund.
(c) Beagle.
(d) Collie.

5. 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 mouth of the Altamaha River.
(c) The willow tree where she experienced her first kiss.
(d) The swath of huckleberry bushes deep in the forest behind her childhood home.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 4, Built by Fire, what two natural elements does Janisse pit against one another in her personification-laden story?

3. How old was Frank when Charlie first talked him into partnering with him in the wrecking yard business?

4. What job did Janisse's great-grandfather Pun have that she sees as having wreaked havoc on the longleaf pine forests?

5. What prompted Frank to buy out his father Charlie's share of the salvage business?

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