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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spring at the Creek and Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of animal was Ferdinand?
(a) A billy goat.
(b) A rooster.
(c) A steed.
(d) A bull.

2. Which of the following people was terrified of the green frogs in Cross Creek?
(a) Black Martha.
(b) Widow Slater.
(c) Rawlings.
(d) Fred Thomkins.

3. How did Rawlings feel about the neighboring pigs eating from her farm?
(a) She was angered by them.
(b) She was annoyed by them.
(c) She was amused by them.
(d) She was apathetic to them.

4. Which of the following birds most excited Rawlings when it came to visit her farm?
(a) A blue jay.
(b) A woodpecker.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A sparrow.

5. Which of the following birds were almost extinct in Cross Creek until the government began to protect them?
(a) Herons.
(b) Cranes.
(c) Redbirds.
(d) Pelicans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of animals always seemed to know when hunting season was over?

2. Which of the following birds did Rawlings build a pen for on her property?

3. Which of the following adjectives did Rawlings use to describe her plumbing system in Cross Creek?

4. According to Rawlings, the test of true beauty was the ability to withstand what?

5. According to Rawlings, which season suggested "relaxation and indolence"?

(see the answer key)

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