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

2. What article of clothing did Lee Ada make for Janisse that caused people to call her Little Red Riding Hood?
(a) A red corduroy coat.
(b) A red fleece dress.
(c) A red fur hat.
(d) A red knitted scarf.

3. What forbidden activity do Janisse and her siblings get to do when they are at Beulah's house?
(a) They get to wear bathing suits while swimming.
(b) They get to watch television.
(c) They get to wear summer clothes.
(d) They get to celebrate the childrens' birthdays.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time Clyo worked in the cotton fields, what was one health problem from which she did NOT suffer?

2. What sign of distress did Janisse notice when looking at the painted tortoise?

3. When Janisse handled the indigo snake that she and Milton had found, she writes that she handled the snake with care for two reasons. One was that she was precious. What was the other reason?

4. What color is the Bachman's sparrow?

5. In what year was Clyo caught bootlegging for the second time, causing her to stop the practice from that point on?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What are the characteristics of the red-cockaded woodpecker that lead to it being such a good example of the fauna losses caused by the loss of the longleaf pine?

3. What story does Janisse use to show how careful and smart her grandmother Clyo was when trying to run her bootlegging operation without getting caught?

4. 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?

5. If she had any spare time, what did Janisse always want to do and how did her mother feel about that pastime?

6. 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?

7. What are the special characteristics of living near longleaf pines that cause the lives of the animals that live near them to be "woven together?" (141)

8. How does the concept of determinism emerge in the final paragraph of the chapter entitled Poverty?

9. What were some elements of Frank's childhood that belie the poverty his family suffered during the aftershocks of the stock market crash in 1929?

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

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