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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. Which of the following body parts did Rawlings break when she fell from a horse and required a steel brace?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her leg.
(c) Her spine.
(d) Her pelvis.

2. 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) Joe.
(b) Henry.
(c) Delia.
(d) Martha.

3. Which of Rawlings's various suitors had a cleft palate?
(a) George Fairbanks.
(b) Old Boss.
(c) Moe.
(d) Mr. Swilley.

4. Aside from her dress, what was the only belonging Geechee brought with her when she moved in with Rawlings?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Eyeglasses.
(c) Letters.
(d) A Bible.

5. Why did Geechee drink alcohol?
(a) Because she had grown up on it.
(b) To keep herself company.
(c) All of the these.
(d) To relieve her depression

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms best described Rawlings's religious beliefs during the time she lived on Cross Creek?

2. Which of the following physical problems did Rodney suffer from?

3. What did the Townsends serve for dinner at their party?

4. What was Rodney known to foretell in Cross Creek?

5. What color was Rawlings's hammock soil?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Rawlings decide to build an indoor shower for herself?

2. How did Geechee and Rawlings meet?

3. What did Rawlings believe Martha would have become in life had she been born white?

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

5. What type of relationship did Rawlings have with Leroy?

6. How did Rawlings help Snow Slater after he was abandoned by his family?

7. How did Rawlings's uncle help her with her outhouse?

8. Why did Rawlings return Georgia to her father?

9. Who was Tim, and why did he leave Rawlings's property?

10. How did Rawlings describe the woman playing piano that she met while taking census information with Zelda?

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