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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "White Oak Splits," "Making a Hamper out of White Oak Splits" and "Making a Basket out of White Oak Splits".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was made from the white oak splits that were made during the article 'White Oak Splits?'
(a) A jug.
(b) A large chair.
(c) A guitar.
(d) Two baskets.

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

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 didn't know what to expect.
(d) He had heard she was very ill.

4. What did Dan's father say to do if the limbs on the white oak droop?
(a) Cut off the limbs and let it be for a week.
(b) Avoid all trees within a twenty foot spread of that one.
(c) Let the tree stand.
(d) Take that tree.

5. Why does Beulah say that she has had a possum head cooked for her in her past?
(a) Her father didn't believe in killing something for no reason.
(b) Because they were hungry.
(c) They wondered what it tasted like.
(d) As a reward for good behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was "This is the Way I was Raised Up" written on?

2. What is crucial when making splits?

3. What does Mrs. Watts say her dolls were made from?

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

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

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