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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 outside.
(b) She would rather be learning how to fix cars.
(c) She would rather be helping her mother sew.
(d) She would rather be peeling potatoes.

2. How often did the car crusher make a visit to the family junkyard?
(a) Every five years.
(b) Every two years.
(c) Every three months.
(d) Every week.

3. What did Frank use to beat Janisse and her brothers after they stood by while a neighbor boy killed a snapping turtle?
(a) A belt.
(b) A wooden spoon.
(c) A wooden paddle.
(d) A ruler.

4. Why did the town of Brunswick have a distinctive smell?
(a) The town's main street was lined with magnolia trees.
(b) There was a paper mill in town that emitted the smell of rotten eggs.
(c) The river that flowed through town had been polluted by the nearby sewage treatment plant.
(d) There was frequent spreading of fertilizer on the crops to keep the soil fertile.

5. What did the children call their club whose purpose was to search the salvaged cars for valuable items?
(a) The Salvage Crew.
(b) The Treasure Hunters.
(c) The Oddfellows.
(d) The Thingfinders Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the dangers Janisse's father Frank mentions when warning the children about the treacherous junkyard?

2. In Chapter 3, Janisse describes her family's junkyard as ten acres of failed what?

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

5. How did Janisse and her siblings get access to books which they knew would garner their father's disapproval?

(see the answer key)

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