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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 object did Frank create out of driveshafts, hollow metal rods, and fence wire?
(a) A cart to pull behind the family car.
(b) An arbor for a grapevine.
(c) A jungle gym.
(d) A bathtub frame.

2. How often did the car crusher make a visit to the family junkyard?
(a) Every three months.
(b) Every two years.
(c) Every week.
(d) Every five years.

3. 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?
(a) She says that she does not know what it truly means.
(b) She says that she has never learned it and hopes that she never does.
(c) She says that everyone in her family appears to have learned it except her, and she wishes she could learn it.
(d) She says that she has tried to live her life by it but has failed.

4. What did Janisse's mother Lee Ada and her sister Kay call Janisse?
(a) Whiner.
(b) Worrywart.
(c) Workhorse.
(d) Tomboy.

5. How old was Janisse when the family's boat sprung a leak on the Altamaha River and dumped everyone into the water?
(a) Three years old.
(b) Two years old.
(c) Two months old.
(d) Three months old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which state designated the gopher tortoise as their state reptile in 1989?

2. How far a distance do flatwood salamanders travel each way in order to reach the breeding grounds?

3. What was the only way the children could tell if Frank thought they had done well at target practice on a particular day?

4. What is NOT one of the dangers Janisse's father Frank mentions when warning the children about the treacherous junkyard?

5. When Janisse tells her father repeatedly that she does not like her piano lessons, what does she say she would rather be doing?

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