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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-30, Afterword, & Appendices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the Bachman's sparrow?
(a) Brown with a blue tail.
(b) Blue with a brown tail.
(c) Gray with a brown tail.
(d) Brown with a gray tail.

2. Why did Lee Ada and Frank elope?
(a) Because they did not have money for a big wedding.
(b) Because Frank's father did not approve of the marriage.
(c) Because Frank's mother did not approve of the marriage.
(d) Because Lee Ada's father did not approve of the marriage.

3. How did Janisse meet her first three friends at college?
(a) They also worked in the cafeteria, as did Janisse.
(b) They all take the same Swimming class together.
(c) They worked at the same fast food restaurant at which Janisse worked.
(d) They all take the same Literature class together.

4. When Janisse handled the indigo snake that she and Milton had found, she writes that she handled the snake with care for two reasons. One was that she was precious. What was the other reason?
(a) Because she was four feet long and the size of her scared Janisse.
(b) Because she could inflict a severe bite if she sense fear or became afraid.
(c) Because she appeared to have just eaten a relatively large meal.
(d) Because she appeared to be pregnant.

5. In the Introduction, Janisse describes where she goes to find herself among what has been and what remains. Where is that place?
(a) Her grandmother's and grandfather's graves in the cemetery.
(b) The mouth of the Altamaha River.
(c) The willow tree where she experienced her first kiss.
(d) The swath of huckleberry bushes deep in the forest behind her childhood home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Janisse when the family's boat sprung a leak on the Altamaha River and dumped everyone into the water?

2. What did Frank's children begin to watch for as a sign that he was entering a manic phase of his mental illness?

3. Longleaf pines are important to neighboring savannas mostly because of what?

4. After all of their children had grown up, where did Frank and Lee Ada buy a piece of property?

5. What chore done before a thunderstorm does Janisse use in the Introduction as a metaphor for the Georgian people seeing everything coming before it happens?

(see the answer key)

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