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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. Until what year was the Altamaha River the only mode of transportation for settlers in Appling County?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1870.

2. What did Frank, Janisse, and Steve eat for dessert while floating down the river on their trip?
(a) Chocolate cake.
(b) Pudding.
(c) Peanut brittle.
(d) Banana cream pie.

3. What did Lee Ada do for a time after graduating from high school?
(a) She enrolled at a business school.
(b) She went off to attend the local university.
(c) She cleaned houses.
(d) She stayed home and cared for her sick brother.

4. John James Audubon is famous for something besides the bird-watching society that carries his name. How did he make his living?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Veterinarian.
(c) Artist.
(d) Author.

5. Which state designated the gopher tortoise as their state reptile in 1989?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Texas.
(d) Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes that although the families in her area would have defended the land to the death, they lacked three things that would have allowed them to care about the actual health of its natural communities. What were those three things?

2. What did Frank use to plug the holes in the flat-bottomed boat?

3. Why did the welfare checks for Clyo and her children stop coming a few years after she and Charlie split up?

4. What forbidden activity do Janisse and her siblings get to do when they are at Beulah's house?

5. At the height of the red-cockaded woodpecker's population growth in the eastern United States, about how many were there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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 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)

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. What actions does Janisse relate taking in order to show how interested she was in anything advertised as free in her childhood?

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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