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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10(Chapter 24 Ma, La, and Mao, Chapter 25 More Salt Than Fish, Chapter 26 Big Lake, Little Salt).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were dead bodies so important to the Egyptians?
(a) They were full of salt.
(b) They were the vessel which connected life to the afterlife.
(c) They were a reminder of how important life is.
(d) They needed the bones for sculptures.

2. What is ketchup named after?
(a) A Czech engineer.
(b) A British salt miner.
(c) An Indonesian fish.
(d) A Chinese philosopher.

3. What is the name of the world's most common salt producer?
(a) Ding's.
(b) Jordan's.
(c) Morton's.
(d) Petersen's.

4. What does sodium become if one isolates the chemical chlorine?
(a) Bleach.
(b) Nitrous Oxide.
(c) Chlorine.
(d) Carbon Monoxide.

5. What subject does the author discuss in Chapter 19?
(a) Geology.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Physiology.
(d) Psychology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meat do the Chinese consume the most?

2. What is the title of Chapter 21?

3. What did Humphry Davy invent?

4. Which of the following did the Chinese not invent?

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

(see the answer key)

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