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

2. 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 pharmacy.
(b) An insurance office.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A thrift store.

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) The Lord's Prayer in its entirety.
(d) A memorized Bible verse.

4. By what year had virtually all of the longleaf pines been felled, leaving only .001 percent of its former numbers?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1890.

5. What is NOT one of the dangers Janisse's father Frank mentions when warning the children about the treacherous junkyard?
(a) A bad cut.
(b) Lockjaw.
(c) Plague.
(d) Poisoning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Janisse's great-grandfather Pun have that she sees as having wreaked havoc on the longleaf pine forests?

2. For what reason did Frank throw out the family's television set when Janisse's little sister Kay was a baby?

3. 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?

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

5. In what year was Janisse born?

(see the answer key)

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