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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 24?
(a) More Salt Than Fish,
(b) Call the Doctor.
(c) Ma, La and Mao.
(d) Big Lake, Little Salt.

2. What part of Virginia sided with the union?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) East Virginia.
(c) North Virgina.
(d) South Virginia.

3. What was name of the sauce that McIhenny invented?
(a) HP.
(b) Ketchup.
(c) Worcester.
(d) Tabasco.

4. What does the author say the Chinese are obsessed with?
(a) Sport.
(b) Food.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Literature.

5. Which country are said to be the largest consumers of salt in the world?
(a) India.
(b) Japan.
(c) Britain.
(d) China.

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

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

8. Why did the British claim it was okay to kidnap American soldiers?
(a) They were slave owners.
(b) They had British wives.
(c) They had deserted from the British Navy.
(d) They were not men of God.

9. What was it illegal to salt in France during the salt tax?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Fish.
(c) Bread.
(d) Vegetables.

10. Where were the Mormons before they settled in Utah?
(a) The Mexican border.
(b) The Midwest.
(c) The West Coast.
(d) The East Coast.

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

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

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

14. Which country consumes the most salt?
(a) Iraq.
(b) China.
(c) USA.
(d) Japan.

15. What is the name of the canal the Americans built on New York to transport salt?
(a) The Erie.
(b) The Weener.
(c) The Cod.
(d) The Amsterdam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of drilling took over percussion drilling in 1943?

2. Who believed that the Dead Sea would become a source of mineral wealth?

3. What is the name of the island the Louisiana salt works owners bought?

4. What did Mattias Schleiden claim was the mark of all tyrannies?

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

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