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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 did Rawlings claim was the only thing holding Martha back from becoming an aristocrat?
(a) Her education.
(b) Her age.
(c) Her race.
(d) Her wealth.

2. How many guests did the Townsends invite to their party?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. What did the Townsends call the party they invited Rawlings to?
(a) A Change Party.
(b) A Dollar Party.
(c) A Pound Party.
(d) A Sterling Party.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How many white families lived in Rawlings's neighborhood in Cross Creek?

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

(see the answer key)

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