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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Who Owns Cross Creek?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following conditions did NOT strike Rawlings's house when she left Kate and Raymond in charge?
(a) Her alcohol had been drunk.
(b) The animals were missing.
(c) Her bank was emptied.
(d) Her house was filthy.

3. In what room of her house was the baby cottonmouth snake that Rawlings killed?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The bathroom.

4. Which of Rawlings's animals was poisoned, an act which she blamed on her neighbor Tom?
(a) A cow.
(b) A pig.
(c) A horse.
(d) A dog.

5. Which of the following types of trees did NOT produce hammock soil on Rawlings's farm?
(a) Oak tree.
(b) Palm tree.
(c) Gum tree.
(d) Pine tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms best described Rawlings's religious beliefs during the time she lived on Cross Creek?

2. What does a chicken snake eat?

3. Which of the following varmints was NOT one Rawlings regularly cooked and ate?

4. Which of the following topics was Widow Slater obsessed with?

5. At what unusual location did Rawlings and her friend Fred eat dinner after having their car stuck in soft sand?

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