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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Janisse's friend Milton have when they were hiking and found the rare indigo snake together?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Botanist.
(c) Baker.
(d) Zoologist.

2. What does Dell, Janisse's brother, claim to have seen men stealing from the junkyard in the middle of the night?
(a) Engines.
(b) Copper wire.
(c) Radiators.
(d) Windows.

3. On the outskirts of what town is the junkyard where Janisse spent her childhood?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Macon, Georgia.
(c) Baxley, Georgia.
(d) Augusta, Georgia.

4. What prompted Frank to buy out his father Charlie's share of the salvage business?
(a) Charlie wants to move to Florida to pick oranges for a living.
(b) Frank discovers that Charlie has been siphoning money from the business into his own pockets.
(c) Charlie cares only about living paycheck to paycheck, but Frank wants to do more than just survive.
(d) Frank fights too often with Charlie, making the workplace too tense.

5. Of the 156 million acres that used to constitute the longleaf pine's southeastern range, how many of those acres were once covered by longleaf pines?
(a) 65 million.
(b) 105 million.
(c) 35 million.
(d) 85 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. John James Audubon is famous for something besides the bird-watching society that carries his name. How did he make his living?

2. For what practice does the gopher tortoise require open sunny spots within their habitats?

3. The author writes that although the families in her area would have defended the land to the death, they lacked three things that would have allowed them to care about the actual health of its natural communities. What were those three things?

4. For how many years does Janisse say her family had been in Appling County, Georgia?

5. How old was Janisse when the family's boat sprung a leak on the Altamaha River and dumped everyone into the water?

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