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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-30, Afterword, & Appendices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 35 million.
(b) 85 million.
(c) 105 million.
(d) 65 million.

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. What elements of the Borderlanders' lives led them to have migratory habits?
(a) Prejudices against them forced others to continually drive them out of the areas in which they had settled.
(b) Their professions as shepherds required moving to new lands where the sheep could graze.
(c) The torrential rains in the area often flooded their homes, so they would move on to higher and drier ground.
(d) The border between Scotland and England was often in turmoil due to wars over to whom the territories belonged.

4. Who was NOT one of the television evangelists Clyo watched fervently in her later years?
(a) Jimmy Swaggart.
(b) Tammy Faye Baker.
(c) Jerry Falwell.
(d) Billy Graham.

5. At what store did Beulah shop every Friday, rain or shine?
(a) Helmann's.
(b) Piggly Wiggly.
(c) Ray's.
(d) Alpha-Beta.

Short Answer Questions

1. After all of their children had grown up, where did Frank and Lee Ada buy a piece of property?

2. What is the maximum life span of a gopher tortoise?

3. What was the name of the closest mental hospital to the Rays' home, where many family members and neighbors of theirs spent time?

4. Longleaf pines are important to neighboring savannas mostly because of what?

5. With which type of creature was Janisse's maternal grandmother Beulah fascinated?

(see the answer key)

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