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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) Baker.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Botanist.
(d) Zoologist.

2. When the author writes that Frank would often help "a family like the Joads" by feeding them or finding candy for their children when they stopped in to get a part to fix their broken-down car, what novel is she referencing?
(a) The Stranger by Albert Camus.
(b) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
(c) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(d) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

3. How long did it take the family to travel to the nearest Apostolic Church, which was in the town of Brunswick?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Ninety minutes.
(c) Two hours.
(d) One hour.

4. When Milton told a story about catching an eight-foot-long indigo snake and it getting loose in his family's home, where did he say they eventually found it?
(a) Wrapped around a pipe under the bathroom sink.
(b) In the attic.
(c) Wrapped around the coils behind the freezer.
(d) In the basement.

5. What is the maximum rainfall that occurs in Appling County in a given year?
(a) 48 inches.
(b) 25 inches.
(c) 60 inches.
(d) 72 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the town of Brunswick have a distinctive smell?

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

3. What book did Janisse read that caused her to look closely at an anthill in the junkyard and to simply the furnishings in her room?

4. What color is the Bachman's sparrow?

5. When Janisse relates that the children did not believe their birth stories, what does she say would have been a more believable story for their parents to have told about her own birth?

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