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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the preacher at first refused to marry Lee Ada and Frank, he finally agreed, providing they agree to one condition. What was that one condition?
(a) They will refrain from having children for one full year.
(b) They will name their firstborn child after the preacher.
(c) They will get married outside rather than in the church.
(d) They will not tell their parents who officiated the ceremony.

2. Which of the following is an element of the dialect known as "Cracker speech"?
(a) Ending sentences with prepositions.
(b) Dangling participles.
(c) The drawing out of vowel sounds.
(d) Widespread use of the double negative.

3. When Janisse handled the indigo snake that she and Milton had found, she writes that she handled the snake with care for two reasons. One was that she was precious. What was the other reason?
(a) Because she appeared to have just eaten a relatively large meal.
(b) Because she was four feet long and the size of her scared Janisse.
(c) Because she appeared to be pregnant.
(d) Because she could inflict a severe bite if she sense fear or became afraid.

4. When Charlie somehow got out of the mental institution to which Clyo had him committed, how did she persuade him to leave the family home again?
(a) By giving him all the money she had.
(b) By calling the police and threatening to have him recommitted.
(c) By telling him that he could live in the old van down by the river.
(d) By telling him that the children would be better off without him.

5. What prompted Janisse to write an essay about the rafting trip down the Altamaha?
(a) Her mother told her that she should.
(b) She had brought Thoreau's Journals along on the trip.
(c) She did not ever want to forget the details of the trip.
(d) Her father told her that she should.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pun's oft-given piece of advice to his son was, "Don't take more on your heart than you can shake off your heels." How does Janisse feel about this lesson?

2. What did Frank's children begin to watch for as a sign that he was entering a manic phase of his mental illness?

3. Janisse describes her area of southern Georgia as lying below the fall line. What does she say that fall line serves to separate from one another?

4. Until what year was the Altamaha River the only mode of transportation for settlers in Appling County?

5. In Chapter 10, Timber, Janisse writes that railroads were to pines what railroads were to buffalo. What does she state that railroads were to both pines and buffalo?

(see the answer key)

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