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

2. At the height of the red-cockaded woodpecker's population growth in the eastern United States, about how many were there?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 750,000.
(d) 250,000.

3. In the Introduction, Janisse describes where she goes to find herself among what has been and what remains. Where is that place?
(a) The willow tree where she experienced her first kiss.
(b) The swath of huckleberry bushes deep in the forest behind her childhood home.
(c) Her grandmother's and grandfather's graves in the cemetery.
(d) The mouth of the Altamaha River.

4. Leon Neel is what as known as what type of forester?
(a) Choosy forester.
(b) Ecological forester.
(c) Responsible forester.
(d) Selective forester.

5. When Milton told a story about catching an eight-foot-long indigo snake and it getting loose in his family's home, where did he say they eventually found it?
(a) In the attic.
(b) Wrapped around the coils behind the freezer.
(c) Wrapped around a pipe under the bathroom sink.
(d) In the basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the maximum rainfall that occurs in Appling County in a given year?

2. By what year had virtually all of the longleaf pines been felled, leaving only .001 percent of its former numbers?

3. In what city was North Georgia College?

4. How old was Janisse when her maternal grandfather Arthur died of cancer?

5. In what county in Georgia was Janisse raised?

(see the answer key)

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