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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where are many of the mountain men descended from?
(a) English.
(b) Scott-Irish.
(c) Outcast Britains.
(d) Settlers.

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

4. What does a hunter mean when he says 'I cut him down.'?
(a) That he cut the animal down after skinning it.
(b) That he insulted the creature badly.
(c) That he cut down the tree.
(d) That he opened fire.

5. What is Andy Webb's turkey call made out of?
(a) Cown horn.
(b) An old modified tin whistle.
(c) Piece of hollowed out wood.
(d) White Oak.

6. What does the bull snake do that gave it its name?
(a) Blow like a bull when a bull gets mad.
(b) Charges.
(c) Rakes the ground with it's tail.
(d) Grows horns.

7. What type of milk should be used when churning butter?
(a) Rich milk, mostly cream.
(b) Fresh milk.
(c) Skim milk.
(d) Butter milk.

8. What does Lon Reid say that his family used the wings of the turkey for?
(a) To put on dresses.
(b) Fans.
(c) Decorations.
(d) Hats.

9. Which of the following was said to cure asthma?
(a) Sleep in the dog's bed.
(b) Suck salty water up your nose.
(c) Avoid any food that was picked or killed in a month with an R.
(d) Tie maple leaves in your hair and leave them.

10. What kind of coals were used for bleaching according to Mrs. Carrie Dillard Garrison, because they held heat longer and stayed alive longer?
(a) Pine.
(b) Hickory.
(c) Gum.
(d) White Oak.

11. What do the students say that stories about hunting inevitably turn to?
(a) Tales about dogs.
(b) How their parents taught them to hunt.
(c) Hunting tales.
(d) Lies.

12. 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) Brains.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Nose.

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

14. What is the liquid left in the churn after the butter has been made called?
(a) Whey.
(b) Skim milk.
(c) Buttermilk.
(d) Nasty.

15. What does Aunt Arie burn to keep snakes away?
(a) Lye.
(b) Fresh peach limbs.
(c) Old shoes.
(d) Snake skins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the art of moonshining said to have begun?

2. What does Grady Waldroop cut off of the turkey and leave for the old man along with a note?

3. Which of these is NOT a way to keep your still hidden?

4. What instrument does Daniel play?

5. What was the dog called that was trained to round up and bring in the livestock for butchering or for selling?

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