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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Rawlings react to farming life soon after moving to Cross Creek?
2. What instruments did the Townsends play at their party?
3. How cold was it on the day Rawlings decided to build an indoor shower?
4. Which of the following adjectives did Moe use to describe his wife?
5. Why did the Townsends invite Rawlings over for a party?
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. Why did Mr. Swilley believe that Rawlings was in love with him, and why did Rawlings let him go from her service?
4. How did Rawlings come to shoot a pig in her garden?
5. Why did Rawlings return Georgia to her father?
6. How did Rawlings become involved in the Townsend children's education?
7. Why did Rawlings decide to build an indoor shower for herself?
8. What type of relationship did Rawlings have with the Mickens family while they were employed by her?
9. What type of relationship did George Fairbanks have with women?
10. How did Rawlings describe the woman playing piano that she met while taking census information with Zelda?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout her time in Cross Creek, Rawlings performed many remodeling tasks to her residence, transforming it into a real home. Choose one of the major remodeling jobs Rawlings completed on her home and describe it. Who helped Rawlings with this task? Why did she want to complete it? Then, describe how Rawlings's desire to remodel her home mirrored her desire to remodel herself. How did Rawlings change emotionally as her residence became a home?
Essay Topic 2
At the opening of the memoir, Rawlings is quick to point out all her personal flaws to the reader, particularly in regard to her skills at Cross Creek. First, explain how Rawlings came to live on Cross Creek. Was she prepared for this move to the farmland? How did Rawlings's personal history lead her to list all her personal flaws. In the end, do you think these personal flaws helped or hindered Rawlings during the time she lived on Cross Creek?
Essay Topic 3
"Breeding" was an element of personal relationships that was of deep importance to Rawlings. First, describe one person that Rawlings believed was of "good breeding." Then, compare that person to one that Rawlings believed was of "bad breeding." What did Rawlings base these assumptions of breeding on? Was Rawlings always right in her assessment of what made a person good or bad?
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