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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Recipes for Hog".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is green wood put on after the fire has caught?
(a) It gives the food a better taste.
(b) It gives off more heat and lasts longer.
(c) It was easier to find.
(d) It saves the seasoned wood.

2. What does Aunt Arie ask the students to do when they walk into her house for the first time?
(a) Kill a snake.
(b) Build a fire.
(c) Remove the eyes from a hog's head.
(d) Gut a chicken.

3. Why does Aunt Arie explain that she doesn't want to cut the eye if she can help it?
(a) Black stuff will run out onto everything.
(b) It is sticky.
(c) It's bad luck.
(d) It will give the souse meat a rancid flavor.

4. Which of the following national groups have supported Foxfire?
(a) National Geographic.
(b) N.R.A.
(c) People.
(d) Discovery.

5. What does Mrs. Algie Norton say makes the best Hominy?
(a) No such thing as good hominy.
(b) Big grain white corn.
(c) Small grain white corn.
(d) Big grain yellow corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might happen if there wasn't a proper footing on the chimney?

2. What was the Black Gum NOT used for?

3. How long do the students say it took them to gather information about building the log cabin?

4. What were the earliest simple mattresses called?

5. Which of these methods was not a way to cure wood?

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