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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fall and Winter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Rawlings's research, how long would it take termites to eat a house to the ground?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. Which of the following birds did Rawlings watch daily and claim were "honeymooning"?
(a) Robins.
(b) Pheasants.
(c) Doves.
(d) Drakes.

3. Which of the following types of snake did Rawlings once skin?
(a) A black snake.
(b) A coral snake.
(c) A rattle snake.
(d) A water moccasin.

4. What type of people did Rawlings claim had "been put through the sieve and [now] stand nakedly"?
(a) The rich.
(b) The poor.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Whites.

5. In what room of her house was the baby cottonmouth snake that Rawlings killed?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following patches of land was described as feeling "enchanted"?

2. What did Rawlings claim was the only thing holding Martha back from becoming an aristocrat?

3. What item did Rawlings forget to take to her beach house and her kind neighbors brought for her in their truck?

4. What did Rawlings bribe the children to do by offering to sew them new clothes?

5. Which of the following adjectives best described Cross Creek?

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