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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. Once gopher tortoises reach the age at which they are too big to be swallowed, they have few predators. Which of the following is NOT one of their predators during this stage?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Humans.

2. Why did the welfare checks for Clyo and her children stop coming a few years after she and Charlie split up?
(a) Because all of the children began working odd jobs to help support the family.
(b) Because Clyo had started to make more money in the cotton fields.
(c) Because Charlie somehow changed the listed family address at the welfare office.
(d) Because when the welfare office contacted Charlie to sign some papers, he said he would support the children himself if Clyo would send them down to him in Florida.

3. On what object did Lee Ada embroider the words, "I love you, Franklin"?
(a) On a tea cozy.
(b) On his steering wheel cover.
(c) On his shirt pocket.
(d) On a quilt.

4. What was the punishment if Janisse or one of her siblings disobeyed Frank's instructions while they were left alone in the house?
(a) A week without being allowed to play in the junkyard.
(b) A beating with a wooden spoon.
(c) A week without friends being allowed to visit.
(d) A whipping with a belt.

5. During the time Clyo worked in the cotton fields, what was one health problem from which she did NOT suffer?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) A lost kidney.
(c) Gout.
(d) Bad knees.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the red-cockaded woodpecker federally listed as endangered?

2. Who was NOT one of the television evangelists Clyo watched fervently in her later years?

3. For what practice does the gopher tortoise require open sunny spots within their habitats?

4. What reason did Frank provide for giving Lee Ada a note saying, "Yes, Lee Ada, I will love you forever."

5. What did Frank, Janisse, and Steve eat for dessert while floating down the river on their trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Janisse's reaction to seeing her first indigo snake live in the wild?

2. 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?

3. Why did so many strangers from other places stop by the family's junkyard?

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

5. 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?

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

7. How did Janisse feel about her mother when she was a child?

8. Beyond just the loss of their physical homes, what does Janisse mean when she writes that all of the animals who live among longleaf pines face "loss of place" (142) as a result of logging?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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