1. With which type of creature was Janisse's maternal grandmother Beulah fascinated?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Birds.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Lizards.

2. In what year was Janisse born?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1978.

3. What kind of road side stand did Janisse stop at when she saw that a vendor had painted a gopher tortoise with gold and silver paint?
(a) A fresh farm egg stand.
(b) A barbecue purveyor.
(c) A flea market stand.
(d) A fruit stand.

4. Who was Foster Sellers and how did he play a role in the children's junkyard games?
(a) He was a local doctor and his old ambulance was in the family junkyard.
(b) He was a local bank robber and his old car was in the family junkyard.
(c) He was a local veterinarian and his van was in the family junkyard.
(d) He was a local mortician and his hearse was in the family junkyard.

5. What is the oldest age to which longleaf pines can live?
(a) 200 years old.
(b) 300 years old.
(c) 1000 years old.
(d) 500 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Janisse insists that she could never cook, telling a story about what happened the scant two times she tried to bake cookies. What happened each time?

2. In what year was the red-cockaded woodpecker federally listed as endangered?

3. Which state designated the gopher tortoise as their state reptile in 1989?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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