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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 did the children call their club whose purpose was to search the salvaged cars for valuable items?
(a) The Salvage Crew.
(b) The Treasure Hunters.
(c) The Oddfellows.
(d) The Thingfinders Club.

2. What game of pretend did Janisse and her brothers play inside the old school bus?
(a) Zoo.
(b) Baptism.
(c) Runaway school bus.
(d) Chain gang.

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

4. What is the oldest age to which longleaf pines can live?
(a) 1000 years old.
(b) 200 years old.
(c) 300 years old.
(d) 500 years old.

5. 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) 4 acres.
(d) 15 acres.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Janisse describes her family's junkyard as ten acres of failed what?

2. When Janisse tells her father repeatedly that she does not like her piano lessons, what does she say she would rather be doing?

3. What city is NOT one of the bigger cities closest to Janisse's hometown?

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?

5. Who was Foster Sellers and how did he play a role in the children's junkyard games?

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