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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ocean did people originally think the Dead Sea was part of?
(a) The Mediterranean.
(b) The Pacific.
(c) The Atlantic.
(d) The Indian.

2. What did Mattias Schleiden claim was the mark of all tyrannies?
(a) Salt tax.
(b) Genocide.
(c) Salt mines.
(d) War.

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

4. What do Americans mostly use their salt for?
(a) Religious practises.
(b) Medications.
(c) Making chocolate.
(d) De-icing roads.

5. What is the title of Chapter 21?
(a) The Last Day of Zigong.
(b) Not Looking Back.
(c) Hold Yourselves.
(d) Salt and the Great Soul.

6. What party did Deng Xiaoping become the leader of in the latter part of the twentieth century?
(a) The Socialist party.
(b) The Communist party.
(c) The Fascist party.
(d) The Capitalist party.

7. Which two states were colonies of Britain?
(a) Masschusetts and Virginia.
(b) Kentucky and Ohio.
(c) North Carolnia and South Carolina.
(d) California and Ohio.

8. In which part of China does Cantonese food come from?
(a) The North.
(b) The South.
(c) The East.
(d) The West.

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

10. What is the title of Chapter 26?
(a) A Little Too Salty.
(b) Salt in the Water.
(c) Big Lake, Little Salt.
(d) Find Me Some Friends.

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

12. What revolution began in 1789?
(a) The Orange Revolution.
(b) The Velvet Revolution.
(c) The French revolution.
(d) The Amercan Revolution.

13. What started developing all over England that caused problems to brine production?
(a) Earth quakes.
(b) Pitholes.
(c) Sinkholes.
(d) Torrential rain.

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

15. What is the title of Chapter 17?
(a) Red Salt.
(b) Pepper.
(c) Pass Me the Salt.
(d) Forming Clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the canal the Americans built on New York to transport salt?

2. By what name was Cincinnati also known as?

3. Which of the following type of fish is not commonly salted?

4. Who did Appert sell his invention to?

5. In what part of the USA was oil discovered?

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