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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What constituted Janisse's and her brothers' very favorite game within the junkyard?
(a) Chasing each other along the tops of salvaged cars.
(b) Pretending to be paramedics saving car accident victims.
(c) Making believe they were car salespeople.
(d) Playing church.

2. What type of bird was Clyde, the bird that Frank nursed back to health after finding it on the side of the highway with a broken leg and wing?
(a) A pigeon.
(b) A heron.
(c) A robin.
(d) A woodpecker.

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) An expression of love toward God.
(c) A memorized Bible verse.
(d) The Lord's Prayer in its entirety.

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

5. What object did Frank create out of driveshafts, hollow metal rods, and fence wire?
(a) A bathtub frame.
(b) A cart to pull behind the family car.
(c) A jungle gym.
(d) An arbor for a grapevine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What was the catalyst for the "opening" of Janisse's heart referenced in the chapter title How the Heart Opens?

4. Why did Janisse not worry when she did not have time to clean the makeshift chalkboard she and her brothers used to play school?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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