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

2. In the Introduction, Janisse describes where she goes to find herself among what has been and what remains. Where is that place?
(a) The swath of huckleberry bushes deep in the forest behind her childhood home.
(b) The mouth of the Altamaha River.
(c) The willow tree where she experienced her first kiss.
(d) Her grandmother's and grandfather's graves in the cemetery.

3. In what county in Georgia was Janisse raised?
(a) Fulton County.
(b) Grasslands County.
(c) Appling County.
(d) Mason County.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. When her brothers did not want to play school, what would Janisse do instead?

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

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