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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. When Janisse's parents tell the the children the stories of their births, where do they say Janisse was found?
(a) In a big cabbage in the garden.
(b) Under a grapevine.
(c) On a bed of moss in the treehouse.
(d) In a bed of pine needles in the forest.

2. Of the 156 million acres that used to constitute the longleaf pine's southeastern range, how many of those acres were once covered by longleaf pines?
(a) 35 million.
(b) 85 million.
(c) 65 million.
(d) 105 million.

3. What is the official designation of the longleaf pine's status, as stated by the National Biological Service?
(a) Virtually extinct.
(b) Critically endangered.
(c) Endangered.
(d) Extinct.

4. In what year was Janisse born?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1965.

5. What city is NOT one of the bigger cities closest to Janisse's hometown?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Macon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Charlie somehow got out of the mental institution to which Clyo had him committed, how did she persuade him to leave the family home again?

2. What constituted Janisse's and her brothers' very favorite game within the junkyard?

3. What is NOT one of the dangers Janisse's father Frank mentions when warning the children about the treacherous junkyard?

4. What was the subject of Janisse's recurring daydream she had during church services?

5. Who was Foster Sellers and how did he play a role in the children's junkyard games?

Short Essay Questions

1. What elements did Frank consider crucial to the business of buying?

2. What are some ways in which Janisse shows her parents that she is a tomboy who likes to be outside in nature more than she enjoys any other activities?

3. Why did Janisse look forward so much to the days when Frank shopped at Winn-Dixie?

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

5. Why do people call certain parts of the wood of the longleaf pine "fat-lightered"?

6. The second sentence of the chapter entitled Timber says, "About the same time, the production of naval stores in North Carolina began to wane and big turpentine producers in North Carolina sashayed into Georgia" 99). What is the effect of the author's choice of the verb "sashayed" and what is her purpose in making that choice?

7. What happened during one of the Ray family's only vacations that highlighted the fact that they were a subject of fascination for others?

8. What reasons does Janisse give for God disliking pine plantations?

9. Whose idea was it to spread old shoes around underneath the grapevine and what was the intended purpose of that act?

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

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