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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7( Chapter 16 The War between the Salts, Chapter 17 Red Salt).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 18?
(a) The Soil Never Sets On.
(b) The Odium of Sodium.
(c) Are You Ready to Go.
(d) The Mythology if Geology.

2. Which was most likely the first civilization to realize salting food could preserve it?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Egyptians.
(d) The Greeks.

3. What is the name of the island the Louisiana salt works owners bought?
(a) Ellis Island.
(b) Mormon Island.
(c) Avery Island.
(d) Dean Island.

4. Who is known as the most famous of Genoese sailors?
(a) Marco Polo.
(b) Fernando Torres.
(c) Arraggi Sacchi.
(d) Christopher Columbus.

5. What is the author discussing at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Gold mines.
(b) The great lakes.
(c) Salt mines.
(d) The great rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people were exempt from military service in the American War for Independence?

2. What turns the brine into salt crystals?

3. What became the most important salt producing town in England in the 9th century?

4. What vegetable did the French peasants serve lean blubber with?

5. In which country does the author say he bought the rock?

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