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

2. Which of the following birds did Rawlings watch daily and claim were "honeymooning"?
(a) Doves.
(b) Drakes.
(c) Pheasants.
(d) Robins.

3. Which of the following terms best described Rawlings's religious beliefs during the time she lived on Cross Creek?
(a) Agnostic.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Atheistic.
(d) Apathetic.

4. At what unusual location did Rawlings and her friend Fred eat dinner after having their car stuck in soft sand?
(a) At a church.
(b) At a homeless shelter.
(c) At a prison.
(d) At a hospital.

5. What was Rawlings's grandfather's outhouse lined with photographs of?
(a) Cars.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Baseball players.
(d) Queens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people was considered to be the stabilizing force of Cross Creek?

2. Which of the following adjectives did NOT describe Geechee when she arrived at Rawlings's doorstep?

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

4. Which of the following varmints was NOT one Rawlings regularly cooked and ate?

5. In what room of her house was the baby cottonmouth snake that Rawlings killed?

(see the answer key)

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