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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which continent has salt consumption almost halved?
(a) Asia.
(b) Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) North America.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who reinstated the salt tax in France?
(a) Napolean.
(b) Baptiste.
(c) Louis XI.
(d) Camus.

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

11. Whose work did Gandhi read in jail while in India?
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Camus.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Robideaux.

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

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

14. What is the title of Chapter 16?
(a) Divided Between Worlds.
(b) Red Salt.
(c) Purple Salt.
(d) The War Between the Salts.

15. What form of resistance did Gandhi develop while in jail?
(a) Immovable resistance.
(b) Religious resistance.
(c) Non-violent resistant.
(d) Violent resistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did people find in England while looking for salt deposits?

2. What is Appert's nationality?

3. What is the title of Chapter 23?

4. What is the title of Chapter 18?

5. What is the name of the sea that runs alongside Jordan and Israel?

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