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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 one place that Janisse's parents do NOT list as a place where one of their children was found?
(a) Under a grapevine.
(b) On a bed of moss in the treehouse.
(c) Inside a big cabbage in the garden.
(d) Beside a huckleberry bush.

2. In Chapter 3, Janisse describes her family's junkyard as ten acres of failed what?
(a) Machines.
(b) Memories.
(c) Plans.
(d) Goals.

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

4. What does Janisse say the source of southern Georgia's majesty and sublimity used to come from before that source was destroyed?
(a) The longleaf pine forests.
(b) Many clear springs, rivers, and waterfalls.
(c) The clear, unpolluted skies.
(d) The wide diversity of native bird species.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of business did Janisse's grandfather Charlie run with his wife Clyo until he got into a fistfight that destroyed the structure?

2. How often does Janisse say thunderstorms happened in the summer in their area of Georgia?

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

4. What constituted Janisse's and her brothers' very favorite game within the junkyard?

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

(see the answer key)

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