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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following Cross Creek families was described as having "baby after baby"?
(a) The Turners.
(b) The Morrisons.
(c) The Townsends.
(d) The Marshes.

2. How many acres of land did Rawlings inherit in Cross Creek?
(a) 87.
(b) 63.
(c) 29.
(d) 74.

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

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

5. Which of the following best described Widow Slater's attitude while she was working for Rawlings?
(a) Resigned.
(b) Positive.
(c) Negative.
(d) Apathetic.

6. Which of the following adjectives did NOT describe Geechee when she arrived at Rawlings's doorstep?
(a) Tattered.
(b) Dark.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Fearful.

7. How cold was it on the day Rawlings decided to build an indoor shower?
(a) 45 degrees.
(b) 16 degrees.
(c) 27 degrees.
(d) 38 degrees.

8. Where did Rawlings's editor live?
(a) In Chicago.
(b) In Seattle.
(c) In San Francisco.
(d) In New York.

9. What was the name of Rawlings's dog that was sent back to the city after failing miserably at farm life?
(a) Dinghy.
(b) Dodo.
(c) Dredge.
(d) Dynamite.

10. Where was Rawlings's shower located?
(a) Outdoors.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the bathroom.
(d) She did not have a shower.

11. What part of Geechee's body had been badly damaged in a fight?
(a) Her mouth.
(b) Her eye.
(c) Her ear.
(d) Her hand.

12. What was the name of the tenant who lived in Rawlings's tenant home?
(a) Otis.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Tim.
(d) Richard.

13. Which of Rawlings's relatives helped her devise the system of use for her outhouse?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

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

15. How did Mr. Martin react when he heard Rawlings had shot his pig?
(a) He was flustered.
(b) He was amused.
(c) He was apathetic.
(d) He was outraged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Moe's relatives was once superintendent of Rawlings's orange groves?

2. What was Leroy serving a prison sentence for when Rawlings helped bail him out?

3. What did Rawlings rename Geechee when she came into her service?

4. What did the Townsends call the party they invited Rawlings to?

5. What item did Rawlings forget to take to her beach house and her kind neighbors brought for her in their truck?

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