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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Eyes.
(b) Nose.
(c) Ears.
(d) Brains.

2. Which of these is NOT a way to keep your still hidden?
(a) Disguise it as a rock.
(b) Constantly move it.
(c) Built a camaflogue building around it.
(d) Dig a ravine to put it in.

3. What does Mrs. Lake Stiles say to do with the rest of the frog after you have cut the legs off?
(a) Throw it away.
(b) Back it in a pie.
(c) Gut it.
(d) Put it on to soak.

4. When was hog killing generally done?
(a) Whenever the farmer got hungry.
(b) Febuary.
(c) Whenever the hog got fat.
(d) Late November.

5. When does Daisy Justice say is the best time to pickle vegetables?
(a) When the moon is new.
(b) When you first hear the whipporwill.
(c) When the moon is full.
(d) In the spring.

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

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

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

9. What must you remove from the raccoon if you intend to eat it?
(a) Musk glands.
(b) His eyes.
(c) Gallbladder.
(d) Testicles.

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

11. What do most healers claim will happen if others hear them speak the words that God has given them to speak to heal someone?
(a) God will transfer the gift.
(b) God ignores the request to heal the person.
(c) The person listening will go deaf over a period of time.
(d) The healer will loose their power.

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

13. What happens to the price of the pelt if you make a bad ear hole on a raccoon?
(a) Goes down by half.
(b) Goes down a dollar.
(c) Goes down fifty cents.
(d) Depends on the dealer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What should you remove when making Tomato Catsup?

3. A person that can heal a burn is said to do what?

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

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

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