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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the catalyst for the "opening" of Janisse's heart referenced in the chapter title How the Heart Opens?
(a) Her brother's decision to become a minister.
(b) Her father's healing from his mental illness.
(c) Her fascination with the carnivorous pitcher plant.
(d) Her discovery of her love for painting.

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

3. What city is NOT one of the bigger cities closest to Janisse's hometown?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Macon.
(d) Jacksonville.

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

5. Why did Frank abandon after only a year the church he had founded when his children were small?
(a) He wanted to move the family to a different county.
(b) He did not think his growing congregation was devoted enough to their faith.
(c) He did not know how he could make enough money as a preacher in order to support his large family.
(d) He felt that God had not officially or personally called him to preach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the oldest age to which longleaf pines can live?

2. At the height of the red-cockaded woodpecker's population growth in the eastern United States, about how many were there?

3. What object did Frank create out of driveshafts, hollow metal rods, and fence wire?

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

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

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