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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) Critically endangered.
(b) Endangered.
(c) Extinct.
(d) Virtually extinct.

2. What city is NOT one of the bigger cities closest to Janisse's hometown?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Macon.
(d) Atlanta.

3. Because Janisse was one of her grandfather Charlie's favorite grandchildren, what two skills did he teach her?
(a) How to play the piano and how to tie a good knot.
(b) How to fight and how to fish.
(c) How to play horseshoes and how to wrestle.
(d) How to find huckleberry patches and how to make a raft.

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

5. 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 helping her mother sew.
(b) She would rather be outside.
(c) She would rather be learning how to fix cars.
(d) She would rather be peeling potatoes.

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. In Chapter 4, Built by Fire, what two natural elements does Janisse pit against one another in her personification-laden story?

4. When Charlie somehow got out of the mental institution to which Clyo had him committed, how did she persuade him to leave the family home again?

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

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