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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction & Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the official designation of the longleaf pine's status, as stated by the National Biological Service?
(a) Endangered.
(b) Virtually extinct.
(c) Critically endangered.
(d) Extinct.

2. In Chapter 4, Built by Fire, what two natural elements does Janisse pit against one another in her personification-laden story?
(a) Rivers and grasslands.
(b) Humans and longleaf pines.
(c) Swamps and monsoons.
(d) Longleaf pines and lightning.

3. What type of business did Janisse's grandfather Charlie run with his wife Clyo until he got into a fistfight that destroyed the structure?
(a) An insurance office.
(b) A thrift store.
(c) A pharmacy.
(d) A restaurant.

4. Janisse describes her area of southern Georgia as lying below the fall line. What does she say that fall line serves to separate from one another?
(a) The Red Hills from the mouth of the Altamaha River.
(b) The Military Reservation from the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
(c) The plains of New Brunswick from the piedmont.
(d) The piedmont from the Atlantic coastal plain.

5. What constituted Janisse's and her brothers' very favorite game within the junkyard?
(a) Chasing each other along the tops of salvaged cars.
(b) Making believe they were car salespeople.
(c) Playing church.
(d) Pretending to be paramedics saving car accident victims.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janisse say the source of southern Georgia's majesty and sublimity used to come from before that source was destroyed?

2. When Janisse and her brothers used to play school, with Janisse often acting as the teacher, what did they use as a chalkboard?

3. What game of pretend did Janisse and her brothers play inside the old school bus?

4. 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?

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

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