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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Janisse uses a quote from which novel to begin Chapter 3, Shame?
(a) A Brave New World.
(b) A Separate Peace.
(c) Ecotopia.
(d) Absalom, Absalom.

2. What kind of road side stand did Janisse stop at when she saw that a vendor had painted a gopher tortoise with gold and silver paint?
(a) A fresh farm egg stand.
(b) A flea market stand.
(c) A fruit stand.
(d) A barbecue purveyor.

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?
(a) Walden.
(b) Absalom, Absalom.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) On Golden Pond.

4. What is the official designation of the longleaf pine's status, as stated by the National Biological Service?
(a) Extinct.
(b) Endangered.
(c) Critically endangered.
(d) Virtually extinct.

5. When Janisse and her brothers used to play school, with Janisse often acting as the teacher, what did they use as a chalkboard?
(a) The sanded-down back of an old easel.
(b) The concrete wall of the garage.
(c) A bluish-green 1950 Nash car.
(d) A broken piece of chalkboard that had been salvaged from the childrens' demolished school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the Bachman's sparrow?

2. In what year was Clyo caught bootlegging for the second time, causing her to stop the practice from that point on?

3. By what year had virtually all of the longleaf pines been felled, leaving only .001 percent of its former numbers?

4. On what object did Lee Ada embroider the words, "I love you, Franklin"?

5. Why are trees rare on savannas?

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