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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason did Frank provide for giving Lee Ada a note saying, "Yes, Lee Ada, I will love you forever."
(a) He says that Lee Ada had told Frank many times by then that she loved him, but he had never had the courage to tell her, so he finally wrote it down.
(b) He says that Lee Ada had never before received a love note, so he wanted his to be simple and to the point.
(c) He says that Lee Ada's father did not believe that Frank loved Lee Ada, so he wanted to provide him with written proof.
(d) He says that Lee Ada had asked him so often if he still loved her that he had finally written down the answer so she would not forget.

2. What did Lee Ada do for a time after graduating from high school?
(a) She stayed home and cared for her sick brother.
(b) She cleaned houses.
(c) She enrolled at a business school.
(d) She went off to attend the local university.

3. What prompted Janisse to write an essay about the rafting trip down the Altamaha?
(a) She had brought Thoreau's Journals along on the trip.
(b) Her mother told her that she should.
(c) She did not ever want to forget the details of the trip.
(d) Her father told her that she should.

4. Though Janisse had never seen an indigo snake in the wild until she was an adult, her older friend Milton said that he had seen them before. In what context had he seen them?
(a) In reptile zoos.
(b) In aquariums.
(c) In the wild twenty or thirty years prior.
(d) Wrapped around women in carnival sideshows.

5. What was the main reason Janisse and her siblings were not anxious to use the camper on a trip?
(a) They thought it was very ugly.
(b) They did not think they would like camping.
(c) They thought it would be too heavy and would make their old car break down.
(d) They did not think their father would like camping.

6. Until what year was the Altamaha River the only mode of transportation for settlers in Appling County?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1870.

7. For what practice does the gopher tortoise require open sunny spots within their habitats?
(a) Eating.
(b) Laying eggs.
(c) Absorbing Vitamin D.
(d) Drying out their shells.

8. In what year did Clyo finally succumb to her various maladies?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1980.

9. At what store did Beulah shop every Friday, rain or shine?
(a) Ray's.
(b) Piggly Wiggly.
(c) Helmann's.
(d) Alpha-Beta.

10. Whose name did Clyo call out when she lay dying?
(a) Frank's.
(b) Charlie's.
(c) Janisse's.
(d) Lee Ada's.

11. What did Frank tell the children they must do if anyone approached the family's swimming hole while he was teaching them to swim?
(a) They have to go underwater.
(b) They have to run and jump into the car even if they are soaking wet.
(c) They have to grab their towels and cover up as quickly as they can.
(d) They have to be nice to the newcomers and introduce themselves.

12. What was the name of the closest mental hospital to the Rays' home, where many family members and neighbors of theirs spent time?
(a) Leavenworth.
(b) Milledgeville.
(c) Bedlam.
(d) Western.

13. How far a distance do flatwood salamanders travel each way in order to reach the breeding grounds?
(a) 3 miles.
(b) 200 yards.
(c) 500 yards.
(d) 1 mile.

14. What was the name of the Rays' neighbor who survived a train accident in 1955?
(a) Jeffrey.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Joey.
(d) Willie.

15. Who fell overboard when the family visited the houseboat of another local family, prompting Frank to save the person?
(a) Steve.
(b) Janisse.
(c) Lee Ada.
(d) Dell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frank, Janisse, and Steve eat for dessert while floating down the river on their trip?

2. Why are trees rare on savannas?

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

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

5. What is the maximum rainfall that occurs in Appling County in a given year?

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