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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pound Party and The Census.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many white families lived in Rawlings's neighborhood in Cross Creek?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. How many black families lived in Rawlings's neighborhood in Cross Creek.
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

5. Why did the Townsends invite Rawlings over for a party?
(a) For a birthday.
(b) For a bonfire.
(c) To welcome her to the neighborhood.
(d) For Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Townsends serve for dinner at their party?

2. How did Rawlings come to own her house in Cross Creek?

3. What color was Rawlings's hammock soil?

4. What was Rawlings's nickname in Cross Creek?

5. Which of the following Cross Creek families was described as having "baby after baby"?

(see the answer key)

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