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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My Friend Moe and Residue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives best described the wife of Rawlings's tenant?
(a) Bossy.
(b) Funny.
(c) Cold.
(d) Kind.

2. Which of the following items was NOT regularly being eaten by pigs on Rawlings's farm?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Milk.
(c) Chicken feed.
(d) Eggs.

3. What did Martha's husband do for a living during the time she worked with Rawlings?
(a) Her husband was unemployed.
(b) Her husband was a mechanic.
(c) Her husband was a farmer.
(d) Her husband was a butler.

4. What type of people did Rawlings claim had "been put through the sieve and [now] stand nakedly"?
(a) The rich.
(b) Whites.
(c) Blacks.
(d) The poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following parasites were the Towensend children suffering from?

2. How many black families lived in Rawlings's neighborhood in Cross Creek.

3. Who did Widow Slater threaten with a gun?

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

5. What type of farm was Patsy taken to when her mother collected her from Rawlings?

(see the answer key)

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