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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. What job did Janisse's great-grandfather Pun have that she sees as having wreaked havoc on the longleaf pine forests?
(a) Lumberjack.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Cattle herder.
(d) Surveyor.

2. For what practice does the gopher tortoise require open sunny spots within their habitats?
(a) Eating.
(b) Laying eggs.
(c) Absorbing Vitamin D.
(d) Drying out their shells.

3. Why are trees rare on savannas?
(a) They do not receive enough sunlight.
(b) They are too shallow to support roots.
(c) They are too wet.
(d) They receive too much direct sunlight.

4. What was the children's only source of information regarding faraway places?
(a) The stories their grandfather Charlie tells them.
(b) School.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) Television programs.

5. 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?
(a) Knowledge about politics he gleaned from his friend Curtis Hamilton, a former state senator, and street smarts he learned from his father Charlie.
(b) Survival skills he learned from growing up with an abusive father and enrollment at an auto mechanics school.
(c) Cooking skills he had learned from his mother-in-law, Beulah, and sales skills he had absorbed from his father Charlie.
(d) Enrollment at a business school downtown and the math instruction he received from his grandfather while learning to survey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because Janisse was one of her grandfather Charlie's favorite grandchildren, what two skills did he teach her?

2. John James Audubon is famous for something besides the bird-watching society that carries his name. How did he make his living?

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

4. In the Introduction, Janisse describes where she goes to find herself among what has been and what remains. Where is that place?

5. What did Janisse's mother Lee Ada and her sister Kay call Janisse?

(see the answer key)

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