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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Soapmaking".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) As a reward for good behavior.
(c) They wondered what it tasted like.
(d) Because they were hungry.

2. When does Mrs. Lester Norton say that they changed the straw in her straw mattress?
(a) Right before flu season hits.
(b) Whenever a new one is needed.
(c) Thrashing time each year.
(d) Whenever it got flat.

3. What was the Black Gum NOT used for?
(a) Wagon Wheels.
(b) Guitars.
(c) Bee gums.
(d) Toothbrushes.

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

5. What did a chimney have to do so that it didn't smoke?
(a) Go straight up.
(b) Face southeast.
(c) Draw.
(d) Have a hole under it to let the ashes fall out.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Pearl Martin say she does to clean her straw bed?

3. What does Mrs. Watts say her brothers used pine to build?

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

5. What was made from the white oak splits that were made during the article 'White Oak Splits?'

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