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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen if the wood used in tight-fitting tools and other objects wasn't seasoned?
(a) The wood would warp and bend as it dried.
(b) The wood would draw insects to the fresh sap.
(c) The wood would begin to rot.
(d) The wood would shrink and pull away as it dried.

2. What was used for bread when cornmeal and wheat could not be ground?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Corn.
(c) Onions.
(d) Chestnuts.

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

4. What do the students say is one reason why they have asked Beulah to help them make a basket?
(a) She has offered.
(b) Because they enjoy her company.
(c) Because she makes good cakes.
(d) So they can learn from her.

5. What does Mrs. Watts say was their reaction to the gifts that Santa Clause had left them?
(a) They had wanted more but didn't say anything.
(b) They were pleased.
(c) They were too sick to enjoy them.
(d) The objects were hid away and saved as if gold.

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

7. What do the students ask about making homemade soap that makes Pearl Martin laugh?
(a) They ask if it is better than dial soap.
(b) They ask about putting perfume in it.
(c) They ask what colors she can make.
(d) They ask where she got her recipe.

8. What kind of grease does Pearl Martin say she usually likes to use in her soap, although you can use most any kind?
(a) Hog grease.
(b) Whatever she has on hand.
(c) Mutton tallow.
(d) Chicken grease.

9. What happened to the once plentiful Chestnut trees?
(a) Cut down by farmers.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Blight.
(d) Global warming.

10. What does Aunt Arie ask the students to do when they walk into her house for the first time?
(a) Gut a chicken.
(b) Build a fire.
(c) Kill a snake.
(d) Remove the eyes from a hog's head.

11. What do the Friendship Quilts typically have stitched on them?
(a) The names of those quilting.
(b) A verse from the Bible.
(c) A name for the person whom the quilt would be given.
(d) The date the quilt was created.

12. What does the term 'Dressing' refer to?
(a) Smoothing surfaces of boards and beams.
(b) Getting dressed.
(c) Painting and detailing finished works.
(d) Bandaging up wounds while working.

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

14. Why does the author, Paul Gillespie, say he is apprehensive about meeting Aunt Arie for the first time?
(a) He knew she was crazy.
(b) He believed she would not welcome him.
(c) He had heard she was very ill.
(d) He didn't know what to expect.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was said would happen to a young girl that slept under a new quilt?

3. What does Mrs. Watts say she and her brothers received one Christmas from Santa Clause?

4. What does Wigginton say is NOT a primary concern in the magazine?

5. What did Mrs. Watts' family use to make coffee?

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