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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what county in Georgia was Janisse raised?
(a) Fulton County.
(b) Appling County.
(c) Mason County.
(d) Grasslands County.

2. What did Frank's children begin to watch for as a sign that he was entering a manic phase of his mental illness?
(a) Impulsive actions concerning his salvaging business.
(b) Displays of anger.
(c) His inability to sleep.
(d) His tendency to talk for hours on end without listening to their replies.

3. When Janisse was very small and used to hide from her mother in the junkyard, what remedy did her mother use in order to find her?
(a) She tied jingle bells onto Janisse's shoes.
(b) She lured her with the promise of peaches.
(c) She called the sheriff to come search for Janisse among the junk.
(d) She waited until Janisse's father got home and sent him to find Janisse.

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

5. In Chapter 3, Janisse describes her family's junkyard as ten acres of failed what?
(a) Machines.
(b) Memories.
(c) Goals.
(d) Plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. When tree farming became common practice in 1940, why was the longleaf pine rarely planted by tree farmers?

2. How often does Janisse say thunderstorms happened in the summer in their area of Georgia?

3. Janisse uses a quote from which novel to begin Chapter 3, Shame?

4. What number child is Janisse within her family?

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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