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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what object did Lee Ada embroider the words, "I love you, Franklin"?
(a) On a tea cozy.
(b) On his steering wheel cover.
(c) On a quilt.
(d) On his shirt pocket.

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

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

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

5. 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) Time, understanding, and leisure.
(b) Means, education, and ease.
(c) Freedom, money, and time.
(d) Money, space, and time.

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

7. Janisse insists that she could never cook, telling a story about what happened the scant two times she tried to bake cookies. What happened each time?
(a) She forgot about them and they burned up.
(b) She forgot to add sugar.
(c) She added too much yeast and they began to flow out through the cracks in the oven door.
(d) She did not cook them long enough and served them raw.

8. What did Frank use to plug the holes in the flat-bottomed boat?
(a) Bread.
(b) Rubber plugs.
(c) Tape.
(d) Corks.

9. Why did the welfare checks for Clyo and her children stop coming a few years after she and Charlie split up?
(a) Because Clyo had started to make more money in the cotton fields.
(b) Because all of the children began working odd jobs to help support the family.
(c) Because when the welfare office contacted Charlie to sign some papers, he said he would support the children himself if Clyo would send them down to him in Florida.
(d) Because Charlie somehow changed the listed family address at the welfare office.

10. Indigo snakes have a four-month mating season once a year. When is it?
(a) December through March.
(b) October through January.
(c) November through February.
(d) June through September.

11. How did Charlie die when he passed away three years prior to Clyo's death?
(a) He had a massive heart attack.
(b) He stopped eating and starved to death.
(c) He came down with a severe bout of pneumonia.
(d) He got into a car accident.

12. What is the maximum life span of a gopher tortoise?
(a) 70 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 50 years.

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

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

15. During the time Clyo worked in the cotton fields, what was one health problem from which she did NOT suffer?
(a) Bad knees.
(b) Gout.
(c) A lost kidney.
(d) Diabetes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What evidence of the Lower Creek Indians' prior presence did Lee Ada find on Beulah's property when she was a little girl?

4. How far a distance do flatwood salamanders travel each way in order to reach the breeding grounds?

5. How many children did Clyo and Charlie have together?

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