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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 chore done before a thunderstorm does Janisse use in the Introduction as a metaphor for the Georgian people seeing everything coming before it happens?
(a) Bringing in the laundry.
(b) Raking the leaves.
(c) Rounding up the animals.
(d) Putting out the rain barrels.

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 walked into town while naked.
(b) Frank lay in the yard for two days, refusing to get up.
(c) Frank cooked a rat and prepared to eat it for dinner.
(d) 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.

3. How many acres did Janisse's family's land take up, including the family home and her father Frank's junkyard?
(a) 10 acres.
(b) 4 acres.
(c) 20 acres.
(d) 15 acres.

4. What does Janisse say the source of southern Georgia's majesty and sublimity used to come from before that source was destroyed?
(a) The wide diversity of native bird species.
(b) The clear, unpolluted skies.
(c) Many clear springs, rivers, and waterfalls.
(d) The longleaf pine forests.

5. What traits does Janisse say are the two most elemental features of Frank's personality when she describes him in Chapter 7, Junkyard?
(a) Patience and doggedness.
(b) Understanding and order.
(c) Dexterity and compassion.
(d) Intelligence and kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the closest mental hospital to the Rays' home, where many family members and neighbors of theirs spent time?

2. How far a distance do flatwood salamanders travel each way in order to reach the breeding grounds?

3. What number child was Lee Ada within her family?

4. What type of business did Janisse's grandfather Charlie run with his wife Clyo until he got into a fistfight that destroyed the structure?

5. Because Janisse was one of her grandfather Charlie's favorite grandchildren, what two skills did he teach her?

(see the answer key)

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