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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. How did Rawlings feel when Cross Creek was nearly overrun with frogs?
(a) She was terrified.
(b) She was confused.
(c) She was delighted.
(d) She was disgusted.

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

3. Which of Rawlings's relatives helped her devise the system of use for her outhouse?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

4. What was the name of Rawlings's cow?
(a) Ethel.
(b) Gladys.
(c) Dora.
(d) Maude.

5. Which of the following topics were frogs generally associated with?
(a) Envy.
(b) Witchcraft.
(c) Good fortune.
(d) Apocalypse.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rawlings, what color ant ate only dead tissue and had a deadly bite?

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

3. What did Moe Sykes do for a living?

4. What color lizard was thought to be poisonous in cross creek?

5. How did Rawlings feel about the neighboring pigs eating from her farm?

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