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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What color was the brine the settlers in San Francisco took from the sea before the made it into salt?
(a) Orange.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

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

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

6. What did Appert invent?
(a) Cooking salt.
(b) The use of chlorine in swimming pools.
(c) The use of cans for preserving food.
(d) The idea of drying out meat.

7. Who led the popular movement against British salt polices?
(a) Rohit.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) Humble.
(d) Jacobs.

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

9. What famous event happened in India in 1857?
(a) The Indian uprising.
(b) The Indian revolution.
(c) Indian independence.
(d) Pakistan independence.

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

11. What was the name of the war Israel fought in 1948?
(a) The Dead War.
(b) The Salt War.
(c) War of Independence.
(d) Six Year War.

12. What major even occurred in India in 1947?
(a) They were handed back Pakistan.
(b) They gained independence.
(c) They were invaded.
(d) They were bombed.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 16?

2. What revolution began in 1789?

3. What is the title of Chapter 20?

4. What did Humphry Davy invent?

5. Which country does Chapter 23 examine?

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