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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is often mixed with hog brains when being cooked?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Fish.

2. What does the sweet potato do to indicate a harsh winter?
(a) Grow a tougher skin.
(b) Put's on a winter coat.
(c) Produce more heavily.
(d) Produce very few.

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

4. 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 by half.
(d) Goes down fifty cents.

5. What do the hogs eat that generally produce the sweetest meat?
(a) Chestnuts.
(b) Acorns.
(c) Corn.
(d) Honey.

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

7. What kind of reading material does Daniel have with him?
(a) Hunting and trapping guides.
(b) Theology.
(c) Music books.
(d) Poetry.

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

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

10. Who tells the story of 'The Buzzard and the Dog?'
(a) Pearl Martin.
(b) Bill Lamb.
(c) Tom Cruise.
(d) Mrs. Norton.

11. How do you cure cramps in your feet?
(a) Put a Bible at the foot of the bed.
(b) Put pine leaves in your shoes.
(c) Walk barefoot on a wood fence.
(d) Turn your shoes upside down before going to bed.

12. What was a dog called whose job it was to keep the hogs and cows out of the corn?
(a) Spot.
(b) Farm dog.
(c) Cattle dog.
(d) Plantation dog.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill Lamb tell Buck Carver he is scared of?

2. What mixture was put on a broken arm?

3. What does a hunter mean when he says 'I cut him down.'?

4. What can you do with deer meat?

5. What does the syrup in Syrup Bread replace?

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