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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Frank's children begin to watch for as a sign that he was entering a manic phase of his mental illness?
(a) His tendency to talk for hours on end without listening to their replies.
(b) Displays of anger.
(c) Impulsive actions concerning his salvaging business.
(d) His inability to sleep.

2. In Chapter 4, Built by Fire, what two natural elements does Janisse pit against one another in her personification-laden story?
(a) Swamps and monsoons.
(b) Humans and longleaf pines.
(c) Rivers and grasslands.
(d) Longleaf pines and lightning.

3. 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 longleaf pine forests.
(c) Many clear springs, rivers, and waterfalls.
(d) The clear, unpolluted skies.

4. 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.

5. What city is NOT one of the bigger cities closest to Janisse's hometown?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Macon.
(c) Jacksonville.
(d) Savannah.

6. 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) The Lord's Prayer in its entirety.
(b) An expression of love toward God.
(c) A memorized Bible verse.
(d) Something for which each child is thankful.

7. By what year had virtually all of the longleaf pines been felled, leaving only .001 percent of its former numbers?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1950.

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

9. Why did Frank abandon after only a year the church he had founded when his children were small?
(a) He wanted to move the family to a different county.
(b) He did not think his growing congregation was devoted enough to their faith.
(c) He did not know how he could make enough money as a preacher in order to support his large family.
(d) He felt that God had not officially or personally called him to preach.

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

11. Janisse describes her area of southern Georgia as lying below the fall line. What does she say that fall line serves to separate from one another?
(a) The piedmont from the Atlantic coastal plain.
(b) The plains of New Brunswick from the piedmont.
(c) The Red Hills from the mouth of the Altamaha River.
(d) The Military Reservation from the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

12. What did the children call their club whose purpose was to search the salvaged cars for valuable items?
(a) The Treasure Hunters.
(b) The Oddfellows.
(c) The Thingfinders Club.
(d) The Salvage Crew.

13. Why did the town of Brunswick have a distinctive smell?
(a) There was a paper mill in town that emitted the smell of rotten eggs.
(b) The town's main street was lined with magnolia trees.
(c) The river that flowed through town had been polluted by the nearby sewage treatment plant.
(d) There was frequent spreading of fertilizer on the crops to keep the soil fertile.

14. Which of the following is an element of the dialect known as "Cracker speech"?
(a) The drawing out of vowel sounds.
(b) Ending sentences with prepositions.
(c) Dangling participles.
(d) Widespread use of the double negative.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Foster Sellers and how did he play a role in the children's junkyard games?

2. What type of bird was Clyde, the bird that Frank nursed back to health after finding it on the side of the highway with a broken leg and wing?

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 job did Janisse's great-grandfather Pun have that she sees as having wreaked havoc on the longleaf pine forests?

5. At the hands of the tree farmers, the land was laid bare. What simile does Janisse use to describe its bare state?

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