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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Lee Ada marries Frank, what task did she offer to help her father Arthur with when she was seeking to make peace with him?
(a) She offered to help him crop tobacco.
(b) She offered to help him fix the roof on the house.
(c) She offered to type up the manuscript of his memoirs.
(d) She offered to wash the dishes after supper.

2. What was the name of the drunk transient man whom Frank invited in for dinner?
(a) Elrod.
(b) Elvin.
(c) Elray.
(d) Elvis.

3. What did Frank do with the painted tortoise when the vendor finally released it?
(a) He administered pain medication to it and set it free.
(b) He dug a burrow for it in the forest and placed the tortoise inside.
(c) He built a little house for it in his backyard.
(d) He took it to a veterinarian.

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

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

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

7. At the height of the red-cockaded woodpecker's population growth in the eastern United States, about how many were there?
(a) 750,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 500,000.

8. 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 went off to attend the local university.
(d) She enrolled at a business school.

9. What evidence of the Lower Creek Indians' prior presence did Lee Ada find on Beulah's property when she was a little girl?
(a) Pottery shards.
(b) Pieces of woven baskets.
(c) Arrowhead points.
(d) Paintings.

10. What sign of distress did Janisse notice when looking at the painted tortoise?
(a) It had pulled its head into its shell.
(b) It had turned onto its back.
(c) It was making a faint wheezing sound.
(d) It was drooling from its nose and mouth.

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

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

13. What number child was Lee Ada within her family?
(a) Six of seven.
(b) Seven of eight.
(c) Five of six.
(d) Three of four.

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

15. Though she did not speak to Charlie for 25 years after they split up, what did Clyo do that showed she still cared about him?
(a) When Charlie had bad bouts of arthritis, Clyo always made up a batch of her special salve and sent it to Charlie.
(b) When Charlie came to visit their grown son across the street, she always fixed him a plate of food and sent another of their children over to give it to him.
(c) When Charlie came to visit the children still living in Clyo's home, Clyo always left the house but left Charlie one of their love notes from the past.
(d) When Charlie stopped in to the Greasy Spoon Cafe, she always sent him a little note on his napkin when she sent his food out from the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Charlie die when he passed away three years prior to Clyo's death?

2. Why did the welfare checks for Clyo and her children stop coming a few years after she and Charlie split up?

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

4. What prompted Janisse to write an essay about the rafting trip down the Altamaha?

5. Whose name did Clyo call out when she lay dying?

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