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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take the family to travel to the nearest Apostolic Church, which was in the town of Brunswick?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Two hours.
(c) One hour.
(d) Ninety minutes.

2. What does Janisse say the source of southern Georgia's majesty and sublimity used to come from before that source was destroyed?
(a) The wide diversity of native bird species.
(b) Many clear springs, rivers, and waterfalls.
(c) The clear, unpolluted skies.
(d) The longleaf pine forests.

3. At the hands of the tree farmers, the land was laid bare. What simile does Janisse use to describe its bare state?
(a) Bare as a sand dune.
(b) Bare as a vulture's pate.
(c) Bare as a possum's tail.
(d) Bare as a blank sheet of paper.

4. Why did Frank abandon after only a year the church he had founded when his children were small?
(a) He felt that God had not officially or personally called him to preach.
(b) He did not think his growing congregation was devoted enough to their faith.
(c) He wanted to move the family to a different county.
(d) He did not know how he could make enough money as a preacher in order to support his large family.

5. What expensive item did Frank buy for the household in order to foster his childrens' interest in knowledge and learning?
(a) A gold-encased compass.
(b) A marble globe.
(c) A microscope kit.
(d) A set of encyclopedias.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Janisse not worry when she did not have time to clean the makeshift chalkboard she and her brothers used to play school?

2. In what county in Georgia was Janisse raised?

3. Janisse describes her area of southern Georgia as lying below the fall line. What does she say that fall line serves to separate from one another?

4. What game of pretend did Janisse and her brothers play inside the old school bus?

5. What type of business did Janisse's grandfather Charlie run with his wife Clyo until he got into a fistfight that destroyed the structure?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Thingfinders Club play into the memoir's message regarding ecology?

2. How does the passage regarding the bank robber Foster Sellers exhibit the theme of identity prevalent throughout the memoir?

3. Janisse said there was only one type of occasion that did not elicit shame from her role as a junkyard owner's daughter. What is the only thing that occurs that does not bring her shame?

4. Due to their parents' religious beliefs and their resulting family rules, what were some of the practices forbidden to Janisse and her siblings?

5. Why were the conditions so favorable for Frank's junkyard business to make money?

6. On page 79, Janisse includes the text of a letter her father Frank wrote to her. In the letter, Frank wrote that he was thankful for his mental illness and that it had taught him seven lessons. What were three of those lessons he said mental illness had taught him?

7. How is foreshadowing used within Janisse's relation of how she used to love to play teacher with her brothers or even with her dolls?

8. How does Janisse describe her feelings toward her father when he was mentally unwell?

9. What example of making something out of nothing does Janisse write about when showing her father Frank's ingenuity in the chapter entitled, "Native Genius"?

10. What is the author's purpose in relating the fact that her parents told their children false stories about their births?

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