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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 is the official designation of the longleaf pine's status, as stated by the National Biological Service?
(a) Virtually extinct.
(b) Endangered.
(c) Critically endangered.
(d) Extinct.
2. When Janisse and her brothers used to play school, with Janisse often acting as the teacher, what did they use as a chalkboard?
(a) The concrete wall of the garage.
(b) A bluish-green 1950 Nash car.
(c) The sanded-down back of an old easel.
(d) A broken piece of chalkboard that had been salvaged from the childrens' demolished school.
3. When Charlie somehow got out of the mental institution to which Clyo had him committed, how did she persuade him to leave the family home again?
(a) By calling the police and threatening to have him recommitted.
(b) By giving him all the money she had.
(c) By telling him that he could live in the old van down by the river.
(d) By telling him that the children would be better off without him.
4. What nickname did Frank call his wife, Lee Ada?
(a) Cookie.
(b) Cook.
(c) Cookins.
(d) Cooks.
5. What expensive item did Frank buy for the household in order to foster his childrens' interest in knowledge and learning?
(a) A gold-encased compass.
(b) A microscope kit.
(c) A marble globe.
(d) A set of encyclopedias.
Short Answer Questions
1. What event did Frank attend on the day he had his first major nervous breakdown during Janisse's childhood?
2. What is the oldest age to which longleaf pines can live?
3. What prompted Frank to buy out his father Charlie's share of the salvage business?
4. What traits does Janisse say are the two most elemental features of Frank's personality when she describes him in Chapter 7, Junkyard?
5. What type of bird was Clyde, the bird that Frank nursed back to health after finding it on the side of the highway with a broken leg and wing?
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