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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes that although the families in her area would have defended the land to the death, they lacked three things that would have allowed them to care about the actual health of its natural communities. What were those three things?
(a) Money, space, and time.
(b) Means, education, and ease.
(c) Time, understanding, and leisure.
(d) Freedom, money, and time.

2. How old was Janisse when her maternal grandfather Arthur died of cancer?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

3. What did Janisse's mother Lee Ada and her sister Kay call Janisse?
(a) Whiner.
(b) Tomboy.
(c) Workhorse.
(d) Worrywart.

4. What does the name Lucia mean?
(a) Money.
(b) Late.
(c) Light.
(d) Luck.

5. The family's junkyard was bordered by a group of row houses that lacked two modern conveniences. What two elements did the houses lack?
(a) Electricity and running water.
(b) Electricity and telephone service.
(c) Heat and running water.
(d) Running water and telephone service.

6. Where did Janisse get pants to wear on the rafting trip, her very first time wearing pants due to her family's religious convictions?
(a) In one of the cars in the junkyard.
(b) She borrowed them from her brother Dell.
(c) A local thrift store.
(d) The dump.

7. When Milton told a story about catching an eight-foot-long indigo snake and it getting loose in his family's home, where did he say they eventually found it?
(a) Wrapped around a pipe under the bathroom sink.
(b) In the basement.
(c) Wrapped around the coils behind the freezer.
(d) In the attic.

8. In what year was Clyo caught bootlegging for the second time, causing her to stop the practice from that point on?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1962.

9. 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) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
(b) The Stranger by Albert Camus.
(c) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
(d) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

10. What is the maximum rainfall that occurs in Appling County in a given year?
(a) 72 inches.
(b) 25 inches.
(c) 60 inches.
(d) 48 inches.

11. How old was Lee Ada when she married Frank?
(a) 16.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

12. With which type of creature was Janisse's maternal grandmother Beulah fascinated?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Birds.

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

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

15. 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) On Golden Pond.
(b) Absalom, Absalom.
(c) Walden.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only way the children could tell if Frank thought they had done well at target practice on a particular day?

2. On what object did Lee Ada embroider the words, "I love you, Franklin"?

3. What is the maximum life span of a gopher tortoise?

4. Once gopher tortoises reach the age at which they are too big to be swallowed, they have few predators. Which of the following is NOT one of their predators during this stage?

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

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