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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the students ask about making homemade soap that makes Pearl Martin laugh?
(a) They ask where she got her recipe.
(b) They ask if it is better than dial soap.
(c) They ask what colors she can make.
(d) They ask about putting perfume in it.

2. What ailment does Aunt Arie have according to the author?
(a) Paralyzed due to stroke.
(b) Blind due to cataracts.
(c) Deaf due to fever.
(d) Crazy due to living in the woods alone.

3. What was NOT added to the clay to help the chinking in the chimney set up more quickly?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Barley
(d) Rye

4. When does Mrs. Algie Norton say she saw her first real mattress?
(a) When she was grown.
(b) When her daughter got married.
(c) She has never seen a real mattress.
(d) When she was about ten or twelve.

5. What is it that whited the apples in the bleaching process?
(a) Sulfur.
(b) Bleach.
(c) Lyme.
(d) Beta-dine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were many of the tools made out of that the pioneers used?

2. What does Mrs. Harriet Echols say was done to clean a rope bed?

3. What does Aunt Arie say she would put in if she had plenty of money?

4. What is NOT included in the article 'Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on?'

5. What does Mrs. Harriet Echols say that she used to put in her soap to thicken up the soap?

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