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

2. What does Dell, Janisse's brother, claim to have seen men stealing from the junkyard in the middle of the night?
(a) Copper wire.
(b) Engines.
(c) Radiators.
(d) Windows.

3. What is NOT one of the dangers Janisse's father Frank mentions when warning the children about the treacherous junkyard?
(a) A bad cut.
(b) Poisoning.
(c) Plague.
(d) Lockjaw.

4. When Janisse tells her father repeatedly that she does not like her piano lessons, what does she say she would rather be doing?
(a) She would rather be learning how to fix cars.
(b) She would rather be helping her mother sew.
(c) She would rather be outside.
(d) She would rather be peeling potatoes.

5. On the outskirts of what town is the junkyard where Janisse spent her childhood?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Baxley, Georgia.
(c) Macon, Georgia.
(d) Augusta, Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the 156 million acres that used to constitute the longleaf pine's southeastern range, how many of those acres were once covered by longleaf pines?

2. 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?

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

4. When Janisse's parents tell the the children the stories of their births, where do they say Janisse was found?

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

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