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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. Which of the following was Burnt Island NOT known to harbor?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Wild boars.
(c) Rattlesnakes.
(d) Criminals.

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

3. Which of the following Cross Creek families was described as having "baby after baby"?
(a) The Marshes.
(b) The Turners.
(c) The Townsends.
(d) The Morrisons.

4. Which of Rawlings's friends was hired to collect census data?
(a) Melda.
(b) Helda.
(c) Zelda.
(d) Velda.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of tree did Rawlings have a deep admiration for during her time in the South?

2. What did Martha's young boy throw on Rawlings's horse frightening it?

3. What type of groves lined the streets in Cross Creek?

4. What did Rawlings bribe the children to do by offering to sew them new clothes?

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

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