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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 sand dune.
(b) Bare as a possum's tail.
(c) Bare as a vulture's pate.
(d) Bare as a blank sheet of paper.

2. What is the official designation of the longleaf pine's status, as stated by the National Biological Service?
(a) Critically endangered.
(b) Virtually extinct.
(c) Extinct.
(d) Endangered.

3. When Janisse's family said grace before each meal, each child in the family was required to say something. What were they required by Frank to say?
(a) Something for which each child is thankful.
(b) The Lord's Prayer in its entirety.
(c) A memorized Bible verse.
(d) An expression of love toward God.

4. What job did Janisse's great-grandfather Pun have that she sees as having wreaked havoc on the longleaf pine forests?
(a) Lumberjack.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Surveyor.
(d) Cattle herder.

5. What does the term bricoleur mean?
(a) A term given to a bread-maker who uses only natural ingredients.
(b) A term given to a manipulative person.
(c) A term given to folk recyclers, those who find purposes for castaway objects in which others cannot see a value.
(d) A term given to someone who cannot see a situation from another's perspective.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 did Frank use to beat Janisse and her brothers after they stood by while a neighbor boy killed a snapping turtle?

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. What elements of the Borderlanders' lives led them to have migratory habits?

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