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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. Which of the following themes did Rawlings believe was "customary in slave psychology"?
(a) Affection.
(b) Greed.
(c) Blame.
(d) Guilt.

2. What essential did the yachtsman give to Rawlings when the met in the coastal town?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Gas.
(d) Blankets.

3. Which servant did Rawlings blame for the damage to her house while she was away?
(a) Raymond.
(b) She did not blame either of them.
(c) Kate.
(d) She blamed them both equally.

4. What did Rawlings hang in the orange groves to repel hawks?
(a) A dirty tennis shoe.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A maypole.
(d) A gin bottle.

5. What did Rawlings use to kill the baby cottonmouth she found in her house?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A gun.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rawlings comment on when she held a snake for the first time?

2. Which of the following is NOT an adjective Rawlings used to describe cottonmouth moccasins?

3. In what town did Rawlings and Dessie meet the yachtsman?

4. What unusual meat was Governor Grant said to be a fan of?

5. Which of the following topics were frogs generally associated with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of bread were regularly served in Cross Creek, and which was Rawlings's favorite?

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

3. How did Rawlings feel when Kate's brother was in town?

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

5. How was Rawlings feeling about her life at the time when Dessie invited her on a river trip?

6. What vegetables were regularly eaten in Cross Creek?

7. Who was Mr. Butler, and where did he die?

8. How did Rawlings know that the season was changing from spring to summer based on the activity outside her window?

9. What type of work did Samson do on Rawlings's farm?

10. Why did Rawlings keep cows on her farm?

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