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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. Which of the following physical problems did Rodney suffer from?
2. During which holiday did Rawlings decide to build an indoor shower?
3. How many acres of land did Rawlings inherit in Cross Creek?
4. Which of the following adjectives did Moe use to describe his wife?
5. In what unlikely place on her property did Rawlings find someone living?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Rawlings return Georgia to her father?
2. How did Rawlings come to live in Cross Creek?
3. What type of relationship did Rawlings have with Black Aunt Martha Mickens?
4. What type of relationship did George Fairbanks have with women?
5. What did Rawlings believe Martha would have become in life had she been born white?
6. How did Rawlings's uncle help her with her outhouse?
7. Why did Mr. Swilley believe that Rawlings was in love with him, and why did Rawlings let him go from her service?
8. How did Rawlings describe the woman playing piano that she met while taking census information with Zelda?
9. Who was Tim, and why did he leave Rawlings's property?
10. What parts of Cross Creek added to its beauty, as Rawlings recollected it in the opening chapter of the memoir?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the course of the memoir, Rawlings both hires servants. How does Rawlings' describe "wage-slavery"? how does this compare to other hired servants? Describe Rawlings's personal beliefs concerning the effects white people have on the lives on the black servants they hire. What role did Rawlings believe she had on the lives of her servants. Do you agree with her beliefs?
Essay Topic 2
Although Rawlings often claims to love her servants and to treat them with respect, she often speaks about them, and even to them, in a profoundly racist way. First, describe Rawlings's stance on racism in Cross Creek. What does she blame racism on? Then, describe at least two examples of times when Rawlings regarded her servants in a racist way. What was the reaction from the staff to this treatment? As a reader, what was your reaction to Rawlings's racist statements? Would you consider Rawlings to be a hypocrite?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel, Rawlings frequently brings up the idea of "racial memory." How does Rawlings define "racial memory"? How was racial memory significant in the particular era in which Rawlings lived in Cross Creek. Give at least two examples of moments from the memoir in which racial memory was significant. How did racial memory affect relationships in both of these scenes?
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