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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) It is the time best for allowing the trees to set out and cure.
(b) Because sap levels are lowest then.
(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. What kind of grease does Pearl Martin say she usually likes to use in her soap, although you can use most any kind?
(a) Mutton tallow.
(b) Hog grease.
(c) Chicken grease.
(d) Whatever she has on hand.

3. Why does the author, Paul Gillespie, say he is apprehensive about meeting Aunt Arie for the first time?
(a) He believed she would not welcome him.
(b) He knew she was crazy.
(c) He had heard she was very ill.
(d) He didn't know what to expect.

4. How do the authors say they have written down the information on building a log cabin?
(a) With detailed explanations.
(b) As a easily understood story.
(c) As a blue print.
(d) As a set of instructions.

5. What are Aunt Arie's stories said to be "spiced" with?
(a) Exagerations.
(b) Lies.
(c) Local gossip.
(d) Quaint Euphemisms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lon Reid said to still have?

2. What does Aunt Arie ask the students to do when they walk into her house for the first time?

3. What do the students ask about making homemade soap that makes Pearl Martin laugh?

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

5. What kind of ashes does Pearl Martin say they typically used?

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