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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Ancient Enmity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work did Martha regularly do for Rawlings in her home?
(a) She weeded the garden.
(b) She ironed the clothes.
(c) She cooked the meals.
(d) She cleaned the house.

2. How did Rawlings react to farming life soon after moving to Cross Creek?
(a) Farming was harder than she thought.
(b) Rawlings did not do her own farming.
(c) Farming was more boring than she thought.
(d) Farming was easier than she thought.

3. Where did Rawlings's editor live?
(a) In Chicago.
(b) In San Francisco.
(c) In Seattle.
(d) In New York.

4. What did Martha's husband do for a living during the time she worked with Rawlings?
(a) Her husband was a farmer.
(b) Her husband was a butler.
(c) Her husband was a mechanic.
(d) Her husband was unemployed.

5. What was Rodney known to foretell in Cross Creek?
(a) The sex of unborn babies.
(b) The weather.
(c) The temperature.
(d) The lotto numbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following factors did NOT lead to Moe's death?

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

3. Which of the following Mickens family members claimed that, "if you love the area you will make it, and no one ever goes hungry" ?

4. What did Rawlings use to signal to outsiders when her outhouse was in use?

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

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