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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What expensive item did Frank buy for the household in order to foster his childrens' interest in knowledge and learning?
(a) A set of encyclopedias.
(b) A marble globe.
(c) A gold-encased compass.
(d) A microscope kit.

2. What is NOT one of the dangers Janisse's father Frank mentions when warning the children about the treacherous junkyard?
(a) Lockjaw.
(b) Poisoning.
(c) Plague.
(d) A bad cut.

3. What object did Frank create out of driveshafts, hollow metal rods, and fence wire?
(a) An arbor for a grapevine.
(b) A jungle gym.
(c) A bathtub frame.
(d) A cart to pull behind the family car.

4. What was the subject of Janisse's recurring daydream she had during church services?
(a) Having a very tiny real baby of her own.
(b) Being a bank robber.
(c) Living in the forest as a hermit.
(d) Running off to join the circus.

5. How long did it take the family to travel to the nearest Apostolic Church, which was in the town of Brunswick?
(a) One hour.
(b) Ninety minutes.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Thirty minutes.

6. Who was Foster Sellers and how did he play a role in the children's junkyard games?
(a) He was a local doctor and his old ambulance was in the family junkyard.
(b) He was a local veterinarian and his van was in the family junkyard.
(c) He was a local mortician and his hearse was in the family junkyard.
(d) He was a local bank robber and his old car was in the family junkyard.

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

8. What type of business did Janisse's grandfather Charlie run with his wife Clyo until he got into a fistfight that destroyed the structure?
(a) A thrift store.
(b) A pharmacy.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) An insurance office.

9. Pun's oft-given piece of advice to his son was, "Don't take more on your heart than you can shake off your heels." How does Janisse feel about this lesson?
(a) She says that everyone in her family appears to have learned it except her, and she wishes she could learn it.
(b) She says that she does not know what it truly means.
(c) She says that she has never learned it and hopes that she never does.
(d) She says that she has tried to live her life by it but has failed.

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

11. When Janisse's family said grace before each meal, each child in the family was required to say something. What were they required by Frank to say?
(a) An expression of love toward God.
(b) The Lord's Prayer in its entirety.
(c) A memorized Bible verse.
(d) Something for which each child is thankful.

12. When tree farming became common practice in 1940, why was the longleaf pine rarely planted by tree farmers?
(a) It did not bring as much money as other species of tree.
(b) Its taproot was unwieldy and it grew slowly.
(c) It required too much room to grow.
(d) Its seedlings were too expensive.

13. At the hands of the tree farmers, the land was laid bare. What simile does Janisse use to describe its bare state?
(a) Bare as a sand dune.
(b) Bare as a possum's tail.
(c) Bare as a blank sheet of paper.
(d) Bare as a vulture's pate.

14. Why did Janisse not worry when she did not have time to clean the makeshift chalkboard she and her brothers used to play school?
(a) Because she knew she could come back out after dinner and play by herself.
(b) Because she knew a thunderstorm would come soon and wash the board clean.
(c) Because she liked to start off the next lesson by punishing her brothers for some imagined misbehavior by making them clean the chalkboard.
(d) Because she knew her brothers liked to clean the board off with the hose.

15. In what county in Georgia was Janisse raised?
(a) Appling County.
(b) Grasslands County.
(c) Mason County.
(d) Fulton County.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Built by Fire, what two natural elements does Janisse pit against one another in her personification-laden story?

2. 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?

3. What traits does Janisse say are the two most elemental features of Frank's personality when she describes him in Chapter 7, Junkyard?

4. What constituted Janisse's and her brothers' very favorite game within the junkyard?

5. What event did Frank attend on the day he had his first major nervous breakdown during Janisse's childhood?

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