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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What breed was the dog that Frank treated with painkillers and saved after it had been hit by a car on the highway?
(a) Beagle.
(b) Golden Retriever.
(c) Collie.
(d) Dachshund.

4. At the hands of the tree farmers, the land was laid bare. What simile does Janisse use to describe its bare state?
(a) Bare as a vulture's pate.
(b) Bare as a sand dune.
(c) Bare as a blank sheet of paper.
(d) Bare as a possum's tail.

5. In Chapter 4, Built by Fire, what two natural elements does Janisse pit against one another in her personification-laden story?
(a) Rivers and grasslands.
(b) Humans and longleaf pines.
(c) Swamps and monsoons.
(d) Longleaf pines and lightning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the town of Brunswick have a distinctive smell?

3. Janisse uses a quote from which novel to begin Chapter 3, Shame?

4. Though Frank did not graduate from high school, Janisse cited two other forms of education that Frank sought out and received. What were those two sources of education?

5. What prompted Frank to buy out his father Charlie's share of the salvage business?

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