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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Frank abandon after only a year the church he had founded when his children were small?
(a) He did not think his growing congregation was devoted enough to their faith.
(b) He felt that God had not officially or personally called him to preach.
(c) He wanted to move the family to a different county.
(d) He did not know how he could make enough money as a preacher in order to support his large family.

2. Whose name did Clyo call out when she lay dying?
(a) Charlie's.
(b) Janisse's.
(c) Lee Ada's.
(d) Frank's.

3. What is the maximum life span of a gopher tortoise?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 70 years.
(d) 25 years.

4. What number child is Janisse within her family?
(a) Second-born.
(b) First-born.
(c) Third-born.
(d) Fourth-born.

5. In Chapter 4, Built by Fire, what two natural elements does Janisse pit against one another in her personification-laden story?
(a) Longleaf pines and lightning.
(b) Humans and longleaf pines.
(c) Rivers and grasslands.
(d) Swamps and monsoons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though she did not speak to Charlie for 25 years after they split up, what did Clyo do that showed she still cared about him?

2. When her brothers did not want to play school, what would Janisse do instead?

3. Janisse references a line of literature that may be the original source of the term 'Cracker': Who wrote the line, "What cracker is this same that deafes our eares with this abundance of superfluous breath?"

4. What was the name of the drunk transient man whom Frank invited in for dinner?

5. What is the official designation of the longleaf pine's status, as stated by the National Biological Service?

(see the answer key)

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