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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many guests did the Townsends invite to their party?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

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

4. Where did Mr. Tubble show up after he had been missing for a few days?
(a) In an unfinished grave.
(b) In Rawlings's barn.
(c) Underneath the bar.
(d) Out on the water.

5. Which of the following Mickens family members claimed that, "if you love the area you will make it, and no one ever goes hungry" ?
(a) Delia.
(b) Joe.
(c) Henry.
(d) Martha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Geechee's body had been badly damaged in a fight?

2. Who did Widow Slater threaten with a gun?

3. How cold was it on the day Rawlings decided to build an indoor shower?

4. What did Rawlings use to signal to outsiders when her outhouse was in use?

5. Which of the following best described Widow Slater's attitude while she was working for Rawlings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection did Rawlings see between African-American children and imagination through her experiences with Patsy?

2. What types of physical maladies were the Slaters suffering from, and why weren't there maladies being treated?

3. How did Mr. Marsh Turner die?

4. Why did Mr. Swilley believe that Rawlings was in love with him, and why did Rawlings let him go from her service?

5. How did Rawlings acquire the antique bed in her house?

6. Who were the Townsends, and what was Rawlings's relationship to them?

7. What parts of Cross Creek added to its beauty, as Rawlings recollected it in the opening chapter of the memoir?

8. What health problem were the Townsend children suffering from when Mary arrived at their pound party?

9. What type of relationship did Rawlings have with the Mickens family while they were employed by her?

10. How did Geechee and Rawlings meet?

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