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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Janisse's parents tell the the children the stories of their births, where do they say Janisse was found?
(a) In a big cabbage in the garden.
(b) In a bed of pine needles in the forest.
(c) On a bed of moss in the treehouse.
(d) Under a grapevine.

2. After Lee Ada marries Frank, what task did she offer to help her father Arthur with when she was seeking to make peace with him?
(a) She offered to wash the dishes after supper.
(b) She offered to help him fix the roof on the house.
(c) She offered to help him crop tobacco.
(d) She offered to type up the manuscript of his memoirs.

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

4. What game of pretend did Janisse and her brothers play inside the old school bus?
(a) Baptism.
(b) Zoo.
(c) Chain gang.
(d) Runaway school bus.

5. What kind of creature did Beulah catch in her hands one day, much to the delight of Janisse and her siblings?
(a) A sparrow.
(b) A red-cockaded woodpecker.
(c) A chameleon.
(d) A ruby-throated hummingbird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Janisse uses a quote from which novel to begin Chapter 3, Shame?

2. What is the main practice of gopher tortoises that helps other types of forest animals to survive?

3. What did the children call their club whose purpose was to search the salvaged cars for valuable items?

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?

5. On the outskirts of what town is the junkyard where Janisse spent her childhood?

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