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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. Aunt Arie tells the students not to do anything that they wouldn't want WHO to know?
(a) Mommy and Poppy.
(b) God.
(c) Grams.
(d) Yarn Pastor.

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

3. Which of these is NOT used as an acceptable wood for making the chairs?
(a) Maple.
(b) Pine.
(c) Oak.
(d) Ash.

4. What does Aunt Arie ask the students to do when they walk into her house for the first time?
(a) Build a fire.
(b) Kill a snake.
(c) Gut a chicken.
(d) Remove the eyes from a hog's head.

5. What does Mrs. Harriet Echols say that she used to put in her soap to thicken up the soap?
(a) Seeds.
(b) Hair.
(c) Soft corn shucks.
(d) Pieces of rope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the syrup in Syrup Bread replace?

2. Where is Aunt Arie's husband at the time the story is written?

3. What kind of grease does Pearl Martin say she usually likes to use in her soap, although you can use most any kind?

4. What kind of meat does Aunt Arie say she doesn't want?

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

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