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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Recipes for Hog".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of these methods was not a way to cure wood?
(a) Salt the Ends.
(b) Use Dry Kiln.
(c) Boil.
(d) Stack the Lumber Crosswise.

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

4. What does Mrs. Harriet Echols say that she used to put in her soap to thicken up the soap?
(a) Pieces of rope.
(b) Hair.
(c) Soft corn shucks.
(d) Seeds.

5. What had the Foxfire magazine's purpose started out being when they looked into writing about quilts?
(a) To look at modern day applications for the ageless process.
(b) To teach individuals the basics for making a quilt.
(c) To learn about the history of quilting.
(d) To find all patterns native to the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Algie Norton say makes the best Hominy?

2. What happened to the once plentiful Chestnut trees?

3. What are the students responsible for getting when Foxfire is first started?

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

5. What do the students call the Dutch Oven?

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