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

2. 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.

3. What does Aunt Arie say she will do with the eyes?
(a) Throw them away.
(b) Use them to make jelly.
(c) Grind them up in the sausage.
(d) Put them in a soup.

4. What does it suggest in the instructions that the foundation of the log cabin should be made out of?
(a) Large boulders placed at the four corners of the house and each 10 foot between.
(b) Cured white oat logs that have been scorched to prevent termite damage.
(c) Solid rock spanning the length and width of the house.
(d) An elevated dirt floor.

5. What is Lon Reid said to still have?
(a) Active bee gum hives.
(b) An ox and cart.
(c) His mother and father's sorghum mill.
(d) An old stihl.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the interview what does the student say men like Lon live oblivious to?

2. Why is it suggested that the foundation be at least 18" high?

3. What should you remove when making Tomato Catsup?

4. What did the sign read when the students reached Lon Reid's property?

5. What does Pearl Martin say about the coloring of homemade soap?

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