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

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

3. 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.

4. What does Minyard Conner say the bear died of in her story?
(a) Shot in the head.
(b) Was scared to death.
(c) Hung itself.
(d) Must have been sick.

5. What do the students say that stories about hunting inevitably turn to?
(a) How their parents taught them to hunt.
(b) Tales about dogs.
(c) Hunting tales.
(d) Lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Daniel play?

2. What do the hogs eat that generally produce the sweetest meat?

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

4. Which of these is NOT a way to keep your still hidden?

5. How does a coachwhip snake kill animals?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Mrs. Andy Webb explain about her gift.

3. Explain the basic differences between curing and smoking.

4. Describe the hoop snake.

5. Explain the process of drying and why it was done.

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

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

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

9. What is explained about the remedies looked at in 'Home Remedies' before the remedies are given?

10. In the beginning of the chapter 'Hunting Tales' what do the beginning chapters explain?

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