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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black Shadows.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following creatures was Rawlings sure was intelligent?
(a) Lizards.
(b) Frogs.
(c) Skunks.
(d) Snakes.

2. What instruments did the Townsends play at their party?
(a) Piano.
(b) Cymbals.
(c) Banjo.
(d) Harmonica.

3. What type of tree did Rawlings have a deep admiration for during her time in the South?
(a) Pine.
(b) Poplar.
(c) Orange.
(d) Magnolia.

4. What had Rawlings and Kate's brother been hunting when they returned home to find the house destroyed?
(a) Bear.
(b) Frogs.
(c) Deer.
(d) Quail.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion overcame Rawlings while she was out hunting with her herpetologist friend?

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

3. What did Rawlings comment on when she held a snake for the first time?

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

5. What day of the week did Rawlings's servants typically take off from work?

(see the answer key)

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