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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 wanted to move the family to a different county.
(b) He did not think his growing congregation was devoted enough to their faith.
(c) He felt that God had not officially or personally called him to preach.
(d) He did not know how he could make enough money as a preacher in order to support his large family.

2. In what year was Janisse born?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1960.

3. In what county in Georgia was Janisse raised?
(a) Grasslands County.
(b) Appling County.
(c) Fulton County.
(d) Mason County.

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

5. What was the catalyst for the "opening" of Janisse's heart referenced in the chapter title How the Heart Opens?
(a) Her discovery of her love for painting.
(b) Her father's healing from his mental illness.
(c) Her brother's decision to become a minister.
(d) Her fascination with the carnivorous pitcher plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Though Frank did not graduate from high school, Janisse cited two other forms of education that Frank sought out and received. What were those two sources of education?

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

4. How long did it take the family to travel to the nearest Apostolic Church, which was in the town of Brunswick?

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

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