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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Daniel's job?
(a) Watch over the fish hatchery.
(b) To keep track of wild birds.
(c) To keep watch on timber fields.
(d) He was unemployed.

2. How long should the carcass of a possum be soaked before cooking to eat?
(a) Forty-eight hours.
(b) Two hours.
(c) At least overnight.
(d) Doesn't have to be soaked.

3. What kind of dog was preferred for hunting rabbit?
(a) Mutt.
(b) Basset.
(c) Beagle.
(d) Terrier.

4. What is the bag of fertilizer described as smelling like?
(a) A crooked politician.
(b) An outhouse.
(c) Rotton hog meat.
(d) Fish.

5. What mixture was put on a broken arm?
(a) Salt water and baccon grease.
(b) Spider web and dirt.
(c) Red clay.
(d) Ashes and lye.

6. What is a painter as it is referred to by the mountain people interviewed?
(a) A panther.
(b) A person who paints houses.
(c) A large mountain lion.
(d) A creature of legend.

7. Which of these wolly worm actions does NOT does not imply there is going to be a bad winter?
(a) Is harder to find.
(b) Lots of them are seen.
(c) Has a heavy coat.
(d) Is found crawling before the first frost.

8. What instrument does Daniel play?
(a) Mandolin.
(b) Ukulele
(c) Guitar.
(d) Banjo.

9. What is the first recipe given in Mountain Recipes?
(a) Apple Dumplings.
(b) Potato Bread.
(c) Aunt Arie's Cornbread.
(d) Brunswick Stew.

10. Which of these is NOT a reason that some of the mountain people enjoy hunting?
(a) Thrill of the hunt.
(b) The boom of the gun.
(c) Money from the fur.
(d) Change of meat.

11. What do you cut out of the hog's head before making souse and is one of the only things on the hog's head not used in souse?
(a) Ears.
(b) Nose.
(c) Brains.
(d) Eyes.

12. What can you do with deer meat?
(a) Smoke it.
(b) Eat it raw.
(c) Cure it.
(d) Put it in souse.

13. Where is the art of moonshining said to have begun?
(a) Prohibition laws.
(b) Revenue officers.
(c) No one is sure.
(d) The hatred of the Britons and their excise tax.

14. What is it that whited the apples in the bleaching process?
(a) Beta-dine.
(b) Sulfur.
(c) Lyme.
(d) Bleach.

15. Which of these childhood illnesses was looked at in terms of faith healing?
(a) Polio.
(b) Thrush.
(c) Measles.
(d) Chicken pox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the students promise not to print in their interview?

2. What is at the beginning of the chapter titled 'Planting by the Signs?'

3. How is Daniel Manous described in the first line of the chapter titled 'Daniel Manous?'

4. Why is it typically unnecessary for farmers to hunt for food in the forest?

5. What is 'side meat' made into?

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