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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 was the name of Rawlings's dog that was sent back to the city after failing miserably at farm life?
(a) Dynamite.
(b) Dinghy.
(c) Dodo.
(d) Dredge.

2. Which of the following types of trees did NOT produce hammock soil on Rawlings's farm?
(a) Oak tree.
(b) Gum tree.
(c) Palm tree.
(d) Pine tree.

3. What was Rawlings's grandfather's outhouse lined with photographs of?
(a) Baseball players.
(b) Queens.
(c) Cars.
(d) Dogs.

4. What color was Rawlings's hammock soil?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

5. How did Rawlings feel about her black neighbors in Cross Creek?
(a) She cared for them.
(b) She feared them.
(c) She avoided them.
(d) She was apathetic to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instruments did the Townsends play at their party?

2. How many acres of land did Rawlings inherit in Cross Creek?

3. What did Slater's daughter, Alvah, save up to purchase for Rawlings at Christmas time?

4. What was Rodney known to foretell in Cross Creek?

5. Which of the following terms best described Rawlings's religious beliefs during the time she lived on Cross Creek?

(see the answer key)

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