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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. John James Audubon is famous for something besides the bird-watching society that carries his name. How did he make his living?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Author.
(c) Artist.
(d) Veterinarian.

2. With which type of creature was Janisse's maternal grandmother Beulah fascinated?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Birds.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Spiders.

3. How did Charlie die when he passed away three years prior to Clyo's death?
(a) He got into a car accident.
(b) He had a massive heart attack.
(c) He came down with a severe bout of pneumonia.
(d) He stopped eating and starved to death.

4. Where did Leon Neel take Janisse, saying it is his model for his own work?
(a) Mount Everest.
(b) An untouched plantation full of longleaf pines.
(c) The Winnemucca Meadow.
(d) The Altamaha River basin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Frank abandon after only a year the church he had founded when his children were small?

2. Once Janisse moved away from home to attend college, she "dived recklessly and surely into the world, not because it was a form of rebellion, as people might think, but..." (255). What does she say is the actual reason for her recklessness?

3. The biography at the end of the memoir states where Janisse Ray lived at the time of the memoir's writing. Where did she live?

4. In what year was Janisse born?

5. What is one place that Janisse's parents do NOT list as a place where one of their children was found?

(see the answer key)

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