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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spring at the Creek and Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Rodney known to foretell in Cross Creek?
(a) The lotto numbers.
(b) The sex of unborn babies.
(c) The weather.
(d) The temperature.

2. Which of the following birds most excited Rawlings when it came to visit her farm?
(a) A hummingbird.
(b) A woodpecker.
(c) A blue jay.
(d) A sparrow.

3. What were Rawlings's mother and grandmother famous for?
(a) Their cooking.
(b) Their good looks.
(c) Their piousness.
(d) Their strictness.

4. What type of farm was Patsy taken to when her mother collected her from Rawlings?
(a) A sheep farm.
(b) A beet farm.
(c) A cotton farm.
(d) A turpentine farm.

5. Which of the following types of snakes is the fastest on land?
(a) Water moccasin.
(b) Black snake.
(c) Rattlesnake.
(d) Kingsnake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people was terrified of the green frogs in Cross Creek?

2. Which servant did Rawlings blame for the damage to her house while she was away?

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

4. Why did the Townsends invite Rawlings over for a party?

5. Which of the following adjectives did Rawlings use to describe her plumbing system in Cross Creek?

(see the answer key)

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