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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. What part of Geechee's body had been badly damaged in a fight?

2. What type of critters did Rodney keep as pets?

3. Which of the following adjectives did Rawlings use to describe her plumbing system in Cross Creek?

4. Which of the following factors did NOT lead to Moe's death?

5. Which of the following patches of land was described as feeling "enchanted"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What type of relationship did Rawlings have with the Mickens family while they were employed by her?

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

6. What type of relationship did George Fairbanks have with women?

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

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

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

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 got to into various fights and altercations with her neighbors. First, choose one fight that Rawlings instigated with one of her neighbors. What was the outcome of this fight? Then, compare the events of this fight to a fight that a neighbor instigated with Rawlings. How was Rawlings's reaction to the fight different in these two situations? How does this comparison express Rawlings's views on confrontation? How did these fights affect the neighborhood camaraderie in Cross Creek?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the memoir, Rawlings struggles to come to terms with the idea of land ownership. First, describe what Rawlings believes is the responsibility of an owner to their land. Do you think Rawlings embodied these responsibilities? Then, explain who or what Rawlings believes is the true owner of land. In Rawlings's opinion, who owns Cross Creek? Do you agree with her?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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