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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it said that a joint snake can do?

2. What does the soaking do to the meat?

3. What did the students promise not to print in their interview?

4. What does Mrs. Algie Norton say makes the best Hominy?

5. Which of these is NOT a reason that some of the mountain people enjoy hunting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Daniel's story about that he tells the students?

2. Describe the way the recipes in 'Mountain Recipes' are told.

3. What does Harley Carpenter say about faith healing?

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

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

6. Describe the story of 'The Buzzard and the Dog.'

7. Describe the joint snake.

8. Explain where the expression "That must'a had a dead hog in it" comes from.

9. Describe the hoop snake.

10. How do you prepare frog?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a lot of solitude talked about in the story.

Part 1) What does it indicate that so many of the people in the story talked about their solitude or the fact that they were cut off from the world?

Part 2) What seems to be the main reason for the solitude that people endured?

Part 3) What does it appear that the solitude gave the people?

Essay Topic 2

Law enforcement and revenuers are looked at.

Part 1) Is it likely that the law enforcement and those making moonshine were truly as friendly as the story suggests?

Part 2) Does this explanation of the relationship between local law enforcement and the moonshiners contradict or reinforce preconceived notions as to the interaction between these two groups? Explain your answer.

Part 3) What does this information reveal about the moonshiners and the law enforcement?

Essay Topic 3

Pick one to write about.

Part 1) How would the story have been different if the articles had been "How To" only without the human stories and personal touches included? Explain your answer.

Part 2) Could any of the stories given been made into short stories or books on their own? Explain why or why not.

Part 3) Is the Foxfire Book a realistic help to a person that intended to live off the land? Explain why or why not.

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