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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 materials did Frank use in order to build the children a swing set in the backyard?
(a) Car engines.
(b) Car hoods.
(c) Lengths of pipe.
(d) Milk crates.

2. What was the subject of Janisse's recurring daydream she had during church services?
(a) Living in the forest as a hermit.
(b) Having a very tiny real baby of her own.
(c) Being a bank robber.
(d) Running off to join the circus.

3. 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.

4. What type of business did Janisse's grandfather Charlie run with his wife Clyo until he got into a fistfight that destroyed the structure?
(a) A thrift store.
(b) An insurance office.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A pharmacy.

5. What traits does Janisse say are the two most elemental features of Frank's personality when she describes him in Chapter 7, Junkyard?
(a) Patience and doggedness.
(b) Understanding and order.
(c) Dexterity and compassion.
(d) Intelligence and kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did the car crusher make a visit to the family junkyard?

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

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

4. What did Charlie hope to accomplish by placing old shoes beneath plants?

5. When Janisse's parents tell the the children the stories of their births, where do they say Janisse was found?

(see the answer key)

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