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

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

3. What item did Rawlings forget to take to her beach house and her kind neighbors brought for her in their truck?
(a) Her television.
(b) Mixing bowls.
(c) Bed sheets.
(d) Napkins.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many white families lived in Rawlings's neighborhood in Cross Creek?

2. What piece of furniture did Moe bring to Rawlings when he came to visit with her?

3. How did Mr. Martin react when he heard Rawlings had shot his pig?

4. What did Moe Sykes do for a living?

5. Where did Mr. Tubble show up after he had been missing for a few days?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Rawlings become involved in the Townsend children's education?

4. How did the Townsends entertain Rawlings at their pound party?

5. Why did Rawlings return Georgia to her father?

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

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

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

9. How much land did Rawlings inherit when she moved to Cross Creek, and what did she use her land for?

10. How did Mr. Marsh Turner die?

(see the answer keys)

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