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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is NOT included in the article 'Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on?'
(a) Instructions.
(b) Places to buy your own hand crafted feather bed.
(c) Diagrams.
(d) Pictures.

3. How far does Mrs. Watts say they had to travel to see the car?
(a) Five Miles.
(b) Over the Mountain a far piece.
(c) One Mile.
(d) She was too little to recal how far.

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

5. 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) An elevated dirt floor.
(c) Solid rock spanning the length and width of the house.
(d) Cured white oat logs that have been scorched to prevent termite damage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hickory was a very desirable wood but what was a drawback of this wood?

2. When does Mrs. Carrie Dillard Garrison say that that she used to make her soap?

3. Which of these methods was not a way to cure wood?

4. What happened to the once plentiful Chestnut trees?

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

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