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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what practice does the gopher tortoise require open sunny spots within their habitats?
2. 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?
3. What did Frank use to plug the holes in the flat-bottomed boat?
4. What number child was Lee Ada within her family?
5. How many children did Clyo and Charlie have together?
Short Essay Questions
1. What types of things did Lee Ada collect to satisfy her love for pretty things?
2. 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?
3. How does the concept of determinism emerge in the final paragraph of the chapter entitled Poverty?
4. What was Janisse's reaction to seeing her first indigo snake live in the wild?
5. What does Janisse mean when she writes that the last chapter of Proverbs describes her mother Lee Ada better than anything she herself could attempt?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. What is the main characteristic present in indigo snakes that led to much of their endangered status, in addition to the fact that they use endangered gopher tortoises' burrows as shelter?
9. What actions does Janisse relate taking in order to show how interested she was in anything advertised as free in her childhood?
10. What aspect of her parents' relationship did Janisse feel jealousy about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look for instances within the memoir that list stereotypes people from areas other than the southern United States have in their minds about residents of the South. What passages and incidents are used by the author in order to portray these stereotypes and what incidents does she use to dispel these myths for the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the scene of Janisse's session of night-rappelling down the cliff. How does she use her story of the event to support the larger themes within her memoir?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the appendices included at the end of the memoir. Why does the author include them and what message is the author sending to the reader by encouraging their use?
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