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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Clyo finally succumb to her various maladies?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1995.

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

3. What constituted Janisse's and her brothers' very favorite game within the junkyard?
(a) Chasing each other along the tops of salvaged cars.
(b) Pretending to be paramedics saving car accident victims.
(c) Playing church.
(d) Making believe they were car salespeople.

4. What is one place that Janisse's parents do NOT list as a place where one of their children was found?
(a) Beside a huckleberry bush.
(b) Inside a big cabbage in the garden.
(c) On a bed of moss in the treehouse.
(d) Under a grapevine.

5. What did Frank use to plug the holes in the flat-bottomed boat?
(a) Rubber plugs.
(b) Bread.
(c) Tape.
(d) Corks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What expensive item did Frank buy for the household in order to foster his childrens' interest in knowledge and learning?

2. How old was Frank when Charlie first talked him into partnering with him in the wrecking yard business?

3. What was the punishment if Janisse or one of her siblings disobeyed Frank's instructions while they were left alone in the house?

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

5. With which type of creature was Janisse's maternal grandmother Beulah fascinated?

(see the answer key)

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