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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. What did Frank tell the children they must do if anyone approached the family's swimming hole while he was teaching them to swim?
(a) They have to run and jump into the car even if they are soaking wet.
(b) They have to go underwater.
(c) They have to grab their towels and cover up as quickly as they can.
(d) They have to be nice to the newcomers and introduce themselves.

2. Why did Lee Ada and Frank elope?
(a) Because Frank's mother did not approve of the marriage.
(b) Because they did not have money for a big wedding.
(c) Because Lee Ada's father did not approve of the marriage.
(d) Because Frank's father did not approve of the marriage.

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

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

5. Though the preacher at first refused to marry Lee Ada and Frank, he finally agreed, providing they agree to one condition. What was that one condition?
(a) They will name their firstborn child after the preacher.
(b) They will not tell their parents who officiated the ceremony.
(c) They will get married outside rather than in the church.
(d) They will refrain from having children for one full year.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. Indigo snakes have a four-month mating season once a year. When is it?

5. How old was Janisse when her maternal grandfather Arthur died of cancer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lee Ada's father Arthur feel about Frank's and Lee Ada's decision to elope?

2. What types of things did Lee Ada collect to satisfy her love for pretty things?

3. What is ironic about Clyo's refusal to let Frank help her improve her health and her simultaneous belief that sending the little money she has to televangelists will make her well again?

4. Why did Janisse choose to call her father Frank rather than the sheriff or the wildlife officer or someone else when she could not talk the fruit vendor into turning over the distressed tortoise he had just painted with gold and silver paint?

5. What were the two pieces of advice given to Frank by the doctor in the state mental hospital who had taken an interest in his case?

6. Who was the first person to spark Janisse's interest in the natural world and how did that person spark her interest?

7. Rather than disciplining the children by spanking them or hurting them in any other way, what methods did Lee Ada use to get the children to behave?

8. What aspect of her parents' relationship did Janisse feel jealousy about?

9. How does Janisse draw parallels between the red-cockaded woodpecker and the Cracker people who inhabit her homeland?

10. How does Janisse describe the type of knowledge she had by the time she left home versus the type of knowledge she lacked at that time?

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