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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What event first caused Janisse to talk to her teacher Lucia Godfrey during recess, sparking her interest in learning more about nature?
(a) It starts to snow and Janisse asks her teacher about this rare event.
(b) Her mother tells Janisse a story about Lucia Godfrey that piques Janisse's interest.
(c) The boys will not allow her to play football.
(d) She is assigned recess detention for swearing.

3. 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?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) On Golden Pond.
(c) Absalom, Absalom.
(d) Walden.

4. Why did Lee Ada and Frank elope?
(a) Because Lee Ada's father did not approve of the marriage.
(b) Because they did not have money for a big wedding.
(c) Because Frank's father did not approve of the marriage.
(d) Because Frank's mother did not approve of the marriage.

5. What kind of creature did Beulah catch in her hands one day, much to the delight of Janisse and her siblings?
(a) A ruby-throated hummingbird.
(b) A chameleon.
(c) A red-cockaded woodpecker.
(d) A sparrow.

6. What did Frank, Janisse, and Steve eat for dessert while floating down the river on their trip?
(a) Peanut brittle.
(b) Chocolate cake.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Banana cream pie.

7. John James Audubon is famous for something besides the bird-watching society that carries his name. How did he make his living?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Artist.
(c) Author.
(d) Veterinarian.

8. What reason does Janisse give for the indigo snake's dwindling numbers?
(a) Their skin is frequently used to make cowboy boots.
(b) They like to sun themselves on flat, open spaces like roads, so they are frequently run over by cars.
(c) They are docile, so they are over-collected as pets.
(d) The insects they like to eat have dwindled in number due to the shrinking numbers of red-cockaded woodpeckers.

9. How many children did Clyo and Charlie have together?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

10. When the author writes that Frank would often help "a family like the Joads" by feeding them or finding candy for their children when they stopped in to get a part to fix their broken-down car, what novel is she referencing?
(a) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(b) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
(c) The Stranger by Albert Camus.
(d) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

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

12. At the time of the memoir's writing, about many red-cockaded woodpeckers were left in the United States, most of them relegated to Florida?
(a) 7,500.
(b) 4,500.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 1,500.

13. Though the preacher at first refused to marry Lee Ada and Frank, he finally agreed, providing they agree to one condition. What was that one condition?
(a) They will refrain from having children for one full year.
(b) They will not tell their parents who officiated the ceremony.
(c) They will name their firstborn child after the preacher.
(d) They will get married outside rather than in the church.

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

15. What is the average amount of rainfall in Appling County, Georgia?
(a) 60 inches.
(b) 40 inches.
(c) 30 inches.
(d) 50 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are trees rare on savannas?

2. What was the punishment if Janisse or one of her siblings disobeyed Frank's instructions while they were left alone in the house?

3. Until what year was the Altamaha River the only mode of transportation for settlers in Appling County?

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

5. 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?

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