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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is 'side meat' made into?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Ham.
(c) Pork chops.
(d) Bacon.

4. How does a coachwhip snake kill animals?
(a) Causing madness.
(b) Poison.
(c) Wriggling into the ear canal.
(d) Wraps around them and whips them so that they run to death.

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) In the spring.
(d) When the moon is full.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was a dog called whose job it was to keep the hogs and cows out of the corn?

4. Where are many of the mountain men descended from?

5. How long should the carcass of a possum be soaked before cooking to eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the hoop snake.

2. Describe what kind of interviews that were done for the section on 'Planting by the Signs.'

3. What does Harley Carpenter say about faith healing?

4. What different processes are looked at in Preserving Vegetables?

5. Describe the basics for weather signs and the different ways they are obtained.

6. What does Andy Webb say is the difference between when he was younger and when he is an old man in terms of the wildlife hunted?

7. What is the difference between the direction given by Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Philips' method for churning butter and that of Mrs. Norton's?

8. How do you prepare frog?

9. Explain how cracklin's are made.

10. Describe Daniel's home and how Daniel is described.

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