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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. In what year was the red-cockaded woodpecker federally listed as endangered?
2. How far a distance do flatwood salamanders travel each way in order to reach the breeding grounds?
3. Until what year was the Altamaha River the only mode of transportation for settlers in Appling County?
4. What reason did Frank provide for giving Lee Ada a note saying, "Yes, Lee Ada, I will love you forever."
5. Whose name did Clyo call out when she lay dying?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What types of things did Lee Ada collect to satisfy her love for pretty things?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. Why did so many strangers from other places stop by the family's junkyard?
6. Who was the first person to spark Janisse's interest in the natural world and how did that person spark her interest?
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. If she had any spare time, what did Janisse always want to do and how did her mother feel about that pastime?
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. How does Janisse draw parallels between the red-cockaded woodpecker and the Cracker people who inhabit her homeland?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Find instances of the author drawing parallels between the creatures of southern Georgia and the people who inhabit the region. How does each instance send its own message and how do they work in concert with one another to send a larger, cohesive message to the reader of the memoir?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the structure the author uses to construct Ecology of a Cracker Childhood and discuss what her purpose is for structuring the memoir as she does. What advantages does it give her and how does it align with the messages she is trying to get across to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role that mental illness plays within the course of Janisse Ray's memoir. What does the reader learn about mental illness, the havoc it can wreak within a family, and how it can also bring a family closer together? How is the mental illness running throughout her family shown to have shaped who Janisse is, even though she herself does not exhibit signs of mental illness?
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