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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. What did Rawlings love to pair biscuits with for breakfast?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Gravey.
(d) Fish.

2. Which of the following people was terrified of the green frogs in Cross Creek?
(a) Widow Slater.
(b) Black Martha.
(c) Rawlings.
(d) Fred Thomkins.

3. Which of the following was the only animal Rawlings claimed she would never kill to eat?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Fish.
(c) Deer.
(d) Raccoons.

4. How were Rawlings and Dess greeted by the poor white people who lived in huts near the river?
(a) They welcomed Rawlings.
(b) They worshipped Rawlings.
(c) They feared Rawlings.
(d) They ignored Rawlings.

5. Which of the following groups of animals always seemed to know when hunting season was over?
(a) Deer.
(b) Bears.
(c) Gamebirds.
(d) Foxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following stereotypes was NOT one Rawlings exposed in her discussions of her servants?

2. What type of animal was Racket?

3. What did Rawlings use to kill the baby cottonmouth she found in her house?

4. What state did Dessie and Rawlings travel through on their river adventure?

5. Which of the following baked goods was considered from "the high caste"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rawlings kill the cottonmouth snake she found in her house?

2. How did Rawlings overcome her fear of snakes?

3. What animals did Rawlings hunt with her Aunt Wilmer, and how did the women get along during their hunting trip?

4. What problem arose when Fatty Blake held a two-county free dinner?

5. What type of snakes lived on Rawlings's property, and how did she feel about these different varieties?

6. How were Dessie and Rawlings greeted by the locals, both black and white, in the coastal towns they visited?

7. How did the work around Rawlings's farm change in the heat of the summer?

8. What weapons did Rawlings believe all African-American servants had over their employers?

9. What type of relationship did Rawlings have with the frogs that overtook Cross Creek in springtime?

10. How did Martha and Rawlings define "varmint"?

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