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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. Janisse uses a quote from which novel to begin Chapter 3, Shame?
(a) A Brave New World.
(b) Absalom, Absalom.
(c) A Separate Peace.
(d) Ecotopia.

2. 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 peeling potatoes.
(d) She would rather be outside.

3. In what year was Janisse born?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1965.

4. How many acres did Janisse's family's land take up, including the family home and her father Frank's junkyard?
(a) 20 acres.
(b) 10 acres.
(c) 15 acres.
(d) 4 acres.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what county in Georgia was Janisse raised?

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

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

4. On the outskirts of what town is the junkyard where Janisse spent her childhood?

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

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