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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. What is said to have been the prime source of meat for the early family in the mountains?
(a) Hog.
(b) Deer.
(c) Possum.
(d) Chicken.

2. How does a coachwhip snake kill animals?
(a) Causing madness.
(b) Poison.
(c) Wraps around them and whips them so that they run to death.
(d) Wriggling into the ear canal.

3. What do most healers claim will happen if others hear them speak the words that God has given them to speak to heal someone?
(a) The person listening will go deaf over a period of time.
(b) God will transfer the gift.
(c) The healer will loose their power.
(d) God ignores the request to heal the person.

4. What was the dog called that was trained to round up and bring in the livestock for butchering or for selling?
(a) Ham dogs.
(b) Betsie.
(c) Cattle dogs.
(d) Ketch dogs.

5. What kind of dog was preferred for hunting rabbit?
(a) Basset.
(b) Terrier.
(c) Beagle.
(d) Mutt.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was hog killing generally done?

2. Which of these childhood illnesses was looked at in terms of faith healing?

3. What is the process of laying fruit out on trays in front of the fire called?

4. The number of days old the moon is at the first snow tells what?

5. What instrument does Daniel play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between the direction given by Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Philips' method for churning butter and that of Mrs. Norton's?

2. Explain the process of drying and why it was done.

3. Explain basically how moonshining began.

4. Describe the story that Bill Lamb tells about why they remove the eyes from the hog's head before cooking it.

5. Describe the basics for weather signs and the different ways they are obtained.

6. Explain the reasons that mountain men hunted.

7. Describe what kind of interviews that were done for the section on 'Planting by the Signs.'

8. Describe the directions given for skinning a raccoon.

9. Describe the hoop snake.

10. Describe Daniel's home and how Daniel is described.

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