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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 is the oldest age to which longleaf pines can live?
(a) 300 years old.
(b) 1000 years old.
(c) 200 years old.
(d) 500 years old.

2. Though she patiently and valiantly fought to bring Frank back to mental health, what happened to finally convince Lee Ada that Frank needed to check in to a mental hospital?
(a) Frank cooked a rat and prepared to eat it for dinner.
(b) Frank lay in the yard for two days, refusing to get up.
(c) Frank locked her and the children in the back bedroom for hours, denying them food and water and murmuring to himself as he paced the house.
(d) Frank walked into town while naked.

3. For how many years does Janisse say her family had been in Appling County, Georgia?
(a) 180 years.
(b) 210 years.
(c) 86 years.
(d) 150 years.

4. Leon Neel said that you have to think beyond your own what if you want to perpetuate the red-cockaded woodpecker?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Desires.
(c) Life.
(d) Wallet.

5. Though everyone was aware of Frank's predilection toward mental illness, what did everyone, including the police, agree was another possible cause of his first major nervous breakdown?
(a) He found out Lee Ada had been unfaithful.
(b) His new friend spiked his lunch with LSD.
(c) He suddenly remembered a particularly violent episode involving his father.
(d) He had not eaten for several days and it had affected his mental state.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How old was Lee Ada when she married Frank?

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

4. What reason did Janisse give for wanting to pursue an education in literature?

5. What evidence of the Lower Creek Indians' prior presence did Lee Ada find on Beulah's property when she was a little girl?

(see the answer key)

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