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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what practice does the gopher tortoise require open sunny spots within their habitats?
(a) Laying eggs.
(b) Absorbing Vitamin D.
(c) Drying out their shells.
(d) Eating.

2. At the height of the red-cockaded woodpecker's population growth in the eastern United States, about how many were there?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 750,000.

3. What event did Frank attend on the day he had his first major nervous breakdown during Janisse's childhood?
(a) A gun show.
(b) A car show.
(c) A gem and rock show.
(d) A boat show.

4. 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?
(a) She forgot to add sugar.
(b) She forgot about them and they burned up.
(c) She added too much yeast and they began to flow out through the cracks in the oven door.
(d) She did not cook them long enough and served them raw.

5. How old was Janisse when her maternal grandfather Arthur died of cancer?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Janisse's parents tell the the children the stories of their births, where do they say Janisse was found?

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

3. In the chapter Beulahland, Janisse shares one of Beulah's recipes that was passed down to her for her hope chest. What dish is laid out in the recipe?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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