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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Mountain Recipes" and "Preserving Vegetables".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the wood for chairs usually gathered in the winter or fall?
(a) Because sap levels are lowest then.
(b) It is the time best for allowing the trees to set out and cure.
(c) This is when the barks show the best woods.
(d) Because this is the time of year when the trees begin to slow their growing.

2. Where is Aunt Arie's husband at the time the story is written?
(a) No one is sure.
(b) Off working.
(c) Dead.
(d) Sick in bed.

3. At the end of the interview what does the student say men like Lon live oblivious to?
(a) That there are skyscrapers covering the world.
(b) That there is anything unique about Lon's life.
(c) That the world has changed so much in the past 100 years.
(d) That men are on the moon.

4. Where did Lon learn to make chairs?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) He learned on his own.
(d) His grandfather.

5. What kind of meat does Aunt Arie say she doesn't want?
(a) Smoked
(b) Cured
(c) Rabbit
(d) Sugared

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Sleepers?

2. What does the syrup in Syrup Bread replace?

3. How long do the students say it took them to gather information about building the log cabin?

4. What does Mrs. Harriet Echols say that she used to put in her soap to thicken up the soap?

5. What is the first recipe given in Mountain Recipes?

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