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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 were the October Beans used as a substitute for?
(a) Soup beans.
(b) Meat.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Black eyed peas.

2. The number of days old the moon is at the first snow tells what?
(a) How many days till the next snow.
(b) How many snows there will be that winter.
(c) How long the snow will stay on the ground.
(d) How many inches of snow there will be that month.

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

4. What bit the preacher in Daniel's story?
(a) Beaver.
(b) Bear.
(c) Dog.
(d) Rattlesnake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minyard Conner say the bear died of in her story?

2. 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?

3. What does Aunt Arie burn to keep snakes away?

4. Which of the following was said to cure asthma?

5. Which of the following is NOT a name for Souse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how cracklin's are made.

2. 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?

3. How do you prepare frog?

4. Explain the basic differences between curing and smoking.

5. Describe the joint snake.

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

7. What is Daniel's story about that he tells the students?

8. Describe the story of 'The Buzzard and the Dog.'

9. Describe the way the recipes in 'Mountain Recipes' are told.

10. How does Taylor Crockett say that bear meat was divided up?

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