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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the dog called that was trained to round up and bring in the livestock for butchering or for selling?
(a) Ketch dogs.
(b) Betsie.
(c) Ham dogs.
(d) Cattle dogs.

2. What does Daniel live in?
(a) Abandoned bread truck.
(b) An Indian tepee.
(c) A broke down school bus.
(d) An old cargo van.

3. 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.

4. What does Bill Lamb tell Buck Carver he is scared of?
(a) Predators.
(b) Boogers.
(c) Painters.
(d) The dark.

5. Why is it typically unnecessary for farmers to hunt for food in the forest?
(a) It's a mystery.
(b) They keep track of where the forst animals are and take them when asleep.
(c) They keep enough of their own livestock.
(d) They can easily set out traps.

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

7. What does Mrs. Algie Norton say makes the best Hominy?
(a) No such thing as good hominy.
(b) Small grain white corn.
(c) Big grain white corn.
(d) Big grain yellow corn.

8. What does the healer, Charley Tyler, say causes Thrush?
(a) Letting the child be dirty too long.
(b) Condemnation from God.
(c) Letting the child put somethin dirty in his mouth.
(d) A cat in the house.

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

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) White Oak.
(b) Hickory.
(c) Gum.
(d) Pine.

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

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

13. 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) Nose.
(d) Eyes.

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

15. What term do the mountain people use to describe houses, meadows or caves that they will refuse to enter?
(a) Snakey.
(b) Snake infested.
(c) Snake bitten.
(d) Snake like.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the students write the 'Faith Healing ' chapter admit in reference to their own beliefs about faith healing?

2. What is the bag of fertilizer described as smelling like?

3. What can you do with deer meat?

4. What is Andy Webb's turkey call made out of?

5. What is 'side meat' made into?

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