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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nitrous Oxide more commonly known as?
(a) Jack gas.
(b) Jumping gas.
(c) Laughing gas.
(d) Tear gas.

2. What religious group settled in the state of Utah?
(a) Amish.
(b) Mormons.
(c) Buddhists.
(d) Muslims.

3. What is the name of the island the Louisiana salt works owners bought?
(a) Mormon Island.
(b) Ellis Island.
(c) Avery Island.
(d) Dean Island.

4. What was Jean Baptiste Colbert's role in the French government?
(a) Deputy minister.
(b) Primeminister.
(c) Foreign minister.
(d) Finance minister.

5. In which part of the state did Israel set up a salt works?
(a) The South.
(b) The East.
(c) The North.
(d) The West.

6. What famous company did a man named Birdseye form?
(a) Safeway.
(b) Asda.
(c) General Motors.
(d) General Foods.

7. What is the title of Chapter 19?
(a) Up and At 'em.
(b) The Soil Never Sets on.
(c) How to Survive.
(d) The Mythology of Geology.

8. By what name was Cincinnati also known as?
(a) Beeforama.
(b) Lambopolis.
(c) Setak City.
(d) Porkopolis.

9. What is the name of the popular salted salmon dish?
(a) Lox.
(b) Cox.
(c) Gumbo.
(d) Nimble.

10. What country does the author return to in Chapter 23?
(a) China.
(b) India.
(c) USA.
(d) Israel.

11. Who believed that the Dead Sea would become a source of mineral wealth?
(a) Missionaries.
(b) Zionists.
(c) Jesuits.
(d) Arabs.

12. What does Chapter 25 talk about the connection between?
(a) Britain and CHina.
(b) Saltiness and ill health.
(c) Saltiness and sweetness.
(d) China and Japan.

13. What was the most famous brand of sea salt from India before the British came?
(a) Orissa.
(b) Burra.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Baltic.

14. What was the French salt tax also known as?
(a) The Chappelle.
(b) The Rogue.
(c) The Toulouse.
(d) The Gabelle.

15. Which fish are the Swedish salted licorice candies shaped like?
(a) Bluebird.
(b) Herring.
(c) Gull.
(d) Robin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was name of the sauce that McIhenny invented?

2. What did the Kibbutz eventually turn into?

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

4. Who reinstated the salt tax in France?

5. Who did Appert sell his invention to?

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