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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. What state was Cross Creek located in?
(a) Texas.
(b) Florida.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Nevada.

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

3. Which of the following parasites were the Towensend children suffering from?
(a) Hookwork.
(b) Tapeworm.
(c) Ringworm.
(d) Earthworm.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Rawlings's dog that was sent back to the city after failing miserably at farm life?

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. How did Rawlings react to farming life soon after moving to Cross Creek?

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

(see the answer key)

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