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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A person that can heal a burn is said to do what?
(a) Draw out the devil.
(b) Replace the skin.
(c) Draw out the fire.
(d) A dance.

2. How is Daniel Manous described in the first line of the chapter titled 'Daniel Manous?'
(a) Jovial.
(b) Unique.
(c) Loner
(d) Poet.

3. What does the soaking do to the meat?
(a) Gives it a good flavor.
(b) Removes the excess blood.
(c) Gives you time to get your nerve up to eat it.
(d) Prepares it for the next step.

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

5. What do you do with the meat after it is off the bone?
(a) Run it through a food chopper.
(b) Lay it out to dry.
(c) Salt it.
(d) Put it in a dutch oven.

6. Which of following is NOT a remedy for arthritis.
(a) Whip your face with a rabbit's foot.
(b) Use a magnet to draw it out of your body.
(c) Make tea from alfalfa seeds or leaves.
(d) Drink a honey, vinegar and moonshine mixutre.

7. What sometimes falls into the mash and drowns?
(a) Free range hogs.
(b) Coons.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Deer.

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

9. What is said to have been the prime source of meat for the early family in the mountains?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Possum.
(c) Deer.
(d) Hog.

10. What is the process of laying fruit out on trays in front of the fire called?
(a) Dehydrating.
(b) Scorching.
(c) Drying.
(d) Blazing.

11. What should you remove when making Tomato Catsup?
(a) Skin and seeds.
(b) Anything that doesn't look like catsup.
(c) Any bad spots and the skins.
(d) Seeds and any dirt.

12. What does Grady Waldroop cut off of the turkey and leave for the old man along with a note?
(a) The head.
(b) A tail feather.
(c) A foot.
(d) A wing.

13. What did the students promise not to print in their interview?
(a) Ingredients.
(b) Still locations.
(c) Names.
(d) Prison records.

14. Which of the following is NOT a name for Souse?
(a) Souse meat.
(b) Pressed hog's head.
(c) Headcheese.
(d) Hog eye.

15. What is at the beginning of the chapter titled 'Planting by the Signs?'
(a) Quotes from farmers.
(b) Days best for writing a magazine.
(c) Bible scriptures.
(d) The reasons the students wrote this article.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the October Beans used as a substitute for?

2. What kind of coals were used for bleaching according to Mrs. Carrie Dillard Garrison, because they held heat longer and stayed alive longer?

3. What type of milk should be used when churning butter?

4. What does Daniel live in?

5. What does Aunt Arie burn to keep snakes away?

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