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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 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) Cattle herder.
(d) Surveyor.

2. When Janisse tells her father repeatedly that she does not like her piano lessons, what does she say she would rather be doing?
(a) She would rather be helping her mother sew.
(b) She would rather be peeling potatoes.
(c) She would rather be learning how to fix cars.
(d) She would rather be outside.

3. What nickname did Frank call his wife, Lee Ada?
(a) Cookins.
(b) Cook.
(c) Cookie.
(d) Cooks.

4. For how many years does Janisse say her family had been in Appling County, Georgia?
(a) 150 years.
(b) 210 years.
(c) 180 years.
(d) 86 years.

5. How long did it take the family to travel to the nearest Apostolic Church, which was in the town of Brunswick?
(a) One hour.
(b) Ninety minutes.
(c) Thirty minutes.
(d) Two hours.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the term bricoleur mean?

3. Why did Frank abandon after only a year the church he had founded when his children were small?

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

5. How many acres did Janisse's family's land take up, including the family home and her father Frank's junkyard?

(see the answer key)

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