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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Union forces destroy in West Virginia in 1862?
(a) The steel works.
(b) The tobacco plantation.
(c) The salt works.
(d) The Virginia university.

2. Which of the following countries did not go to America to find salt?
(a) Germany.
(b) Holland.
(c) France.
(d) Britain.

3. What did soldiers and salt workers set up next to the salt works?
(a) A church.
(b) A deli.
(c) A housing estate.
(d) A kibbutz.

4. In what town was China salt production centered?
(a) Lamano.
(b) Zigong.
(c) Kin-Kan.
(d) Horang.

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

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

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

8. What river did Gandhi lead a group to in 1930 to scrape up sea salt?
(a) Lahore.
(b) Dandi.
(c) Juniper.
(d) Dehli.

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

10. What type of drilling took over percussion drilling in 1943?
(a) Rotary drilling.
(b) Clock drilling.
(c) Force drilling.
(d) Pnuematic drilling.

11. In what part of the USA was oil discovered?
(a) The South.
(b) The East.
(c) The West.
(d) The North.

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

13. What is Appert's nationality?
(a) Swiss.
(b) Spanish.
(c) British.
(d) French.

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

15. What country was Matthias Schleiden from?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Poland.
(d) Austria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious group settled in the state of Utah?

2. What is the title of Chapter 26?

3. What does sodium become if one isolates the chemical chlorine?

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

5. What country does the author return to in Chapter 23?

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