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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Janisse when the family's boat sprung a leak on the Altamaha River and dumped everyone into the water?
(a) Three years old.
(b) Two months old.
(c) Two years old.
(d) Three months old.

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

3. John James Audubon is famous for something besides the bird-watching society that carries his name. How did he make his living?
(a) Artist.
(b) Author.
(c) Veterinarian.
(d) Doctor.

4. Though Janisse had never seen an indigo snake in the wild until she was an adult, her older friend Milton said that he had seen them before. In what context had he seen them?
(a) In reptile zoos.
(b) In aquariums.
(c) In the wild twenty or thirty years prior.
(d) Wrapped around women in carnival sideshows.

5. What did Frank do with the painted tortoise when the vendor finally released it?
(a) He took it to a veterinarian.
(b) He built a little house for it in his backyard.
(c) He administered pain medication to it and set it free.
(d) He dug a burrow for it in the forest and placed the tortoise inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the catalyst for the "opening" of Janisse's heart referenced in the chapter title How the Heart Opens?

2. Where did Janisse get pants to wear on the rafting trip, her very first time wearing pants due to her family's religious convictions?

3. What did Frank tell the children they must do if anyone approached the family's swimming hole while he was teaching them to swim?

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

5. What chore done before a thunderstorm does Janisse use in the Introduction as a metaphor for the Georgian people seeing everything coming before it happens?

(see the answer key)

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