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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did one person bring onto Avery Island to farm?
(a) Virginian tobacco.
(b) Mexican chili peppers.
(c) Louisiana Cotton.
(d) British wheat.

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

3. How did the British create serious salt shortages during the American War for Independence?
(a) They blew up the salt mines.
(b) They blockaded American ports.
(c) They took over all the towns with salt industries.
(d) They befriended the Native Indians.

4. Why did the British ban Orissa salt?
(a) Because it was used for religious practises.
(b) So they could market their own salt.
(c) It was causing disease among the British community.
(d) Because it was causing tensions within the country.

5. Where is the one place salted meats have survived?
(a) British butcher shops.
(b) Russian restaurants.
(c) Chinese restaurants.
(d) Jewish Delis.

6. What did people find in England while looking for salt deposits?
(a) Coal.
(b) Silver.
(c) Oil.
(d) Gold.

7. What did Humphry Davy invent?
(a) Sodium.
(b) Charcoal.
(c) Chloride.
(d) Ketchup.

8. Which county colonized India for hundreds of years?
(a) France.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Germany.
(d) Great Britain.

9. Which country helped the new China Republic to rebuild their salt industry?
(a) Germany.
(b) Japan.
(c) USA.
(d) Britain.

10. What is the title of Chapter 22?
(a) Not Looking Back.
(b) Salt and the Great Sout.
(c) Salt and Pepper.
(d) The Salt of the Earth.

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

12. Where did a group of speculators find salt deposits underground?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mexico.
(d) New York.

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

14. What did the Kibbutz eventually turn into?
(a) A university.
(b) A kindergarten.
(c) A salt works.
(d) A health spa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was forbidden to trade with the United States after the revolution?

2. Which fish are the Swedish salted licorice candies shaped like?

3. In which part of China does Cantonese food come from?

4. What is the name of the world's most common salt producer?

5. What meat do the Chinese consume the most?

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