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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. What ailment does Aunt Arie have according to the author?
(a) Paralyzed due to stroke.
(b) Blind due to cataracts.
(c) Crazy due to living in the woods alone.
(d) Deaf due to fever.

2. What were the October Beans used as a substitute for?
(a) Soup beans.
(b) Meat.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Black eyed peas.

3. What does Pearl Martin say about the coloring of homemade soap?
(a) It is always a darker color.
(b) It is almost clear.
(c) It depends on the ingredients used.
(d) It never came out looking the same twice.

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

5. What does Mrs. Algie Norton say makes the best Hominy?
(a) Small grain white corn.
(b) Big grain yellow corn.
(c) Big grain white corn.
(d) No such thing as good hominy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Aunt Arie tells the students not to do anything that they wouldn't want WHO to know?

4. Why does Aunt Arie explain that she doesn't want to cut the eye if she can help it?

5. Which of these is NOT used as an acceptable wood for making the chairs?

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