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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 patches of land was described as feeling "enchanted"?
(a) The sandy beaches.
(b) The orange groves.
(c) The strawberry fields.
(d) The pine forests.

2. Why did Rawlings regularly leave her house unlocked?
(a) Because she frequently forgot.
(b) Because she was generous with her belongings.
(c) Because locks hadn't been invented yet.
(d) Because she trusted all her neighbors.

3. What state was Cross Creek located in?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Florida.
(d) Texas.

4. What did Moe Sykes do for a living?
(a) He was a carpenter.
(b) He was a farmer.
(c) He was a miller.
(d) He was a chef.

5. What day of the week did Rawlings's servants typically take off from work?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Wednesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of groves lined the streets in Cross Creek?

2. Which of the following body parts did Rawlings break when she fell from a horse and required a steel brace?

3. Which of the following adjectives did Moe use to describe his wife?

4. What type of tree did Rawlings have a deep admiration for during her time in the South?

5. What was Rawlings's grandfather's outhouse lined with photographs of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of relationship did Rawlings have with Black Aunt Martha Mickens?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What experience with outhouses did Rawlings have when she was growing up?

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

9. After she left Rawlings's home for the first time, what type of working relationship did Geechee have with the farm?

10. How did Mr. Marsh Turner die?

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