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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Widow Slater and Catching One Young.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rawlings bribe the children to do by offering to sew them new clothes?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Play nicely with each other.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Mow her lawn.

2. What did Rawlings use to signal to outsiders when her outhouse was in use?
(a) A lock.
(b) A light.
(c) A sign.
(d) A flag.

3. What did the Townsends serve for dinner at their party?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Tuna fish.

4. Where did Tome Morrison live with his wife and children?
(a) In the old town hall.
(b) In the old convenience store.
(c) In the old church.
(d) In the old elementary school.

5. How many acres of land did Rawlings inherit in Cross Creek?
(a) 87.
(b) 63.
(c) 74.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Rawlings pay for Georgia, her first servant girl?

2. How many guests did the Townsends invite to their party?

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

4. What type of farm was Patsy taken to when her mother collected her from Rawlings?

5. What was Rawlings's grandfather's outhouse lined with photographs of?

(see the answer key)

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