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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) His inability to sleep.
(b) His tendency to talk for hours on end without listening to their replies.
(c) Displays of anger.
(d) Impulsive actions concerning his salvaging business.

3. Whose name did Clyo call out when she lay dying?
(a) Frank's.
(b) Janisse's.
(c) Lee Ada's.
(d) Charlie's.

4. What was the name of the Rays' neighbor who survived a train accident in 1955?
(a) Joey.
(b) Jeffrey.
(c) Willie.
(d) Charlie.

5. At the hands of the tree farmers, the land was laid bare. What simile does Janisse use to describe its bare state?
(a) Bare as a blank sheet of paper.
(b) Bare as a vulture's pate.
(c) Bare as a sand dune.
(d) Bare as a possum's tail.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Clyo finally succumb to her various maladies?

2. What traits does Janisse say are the two most elemental features of Frank's personality when she describes him in Chapter 7, Junkyard?

3. What is one place that Janisse's parents do NOT list as a place where one of their children was found?

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

5. What is the maximum life span of a gopher tortoise?

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