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

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

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

4. Which of the following was said to cure asthma?
(a) Avoid any food that was picked or killed in a month with an R.
(b) Sleep in the dog's bed.
(c) Suck salty water up your nose.
(d) Tie maple leaves in your hair and leave them.

5. What do most healers claim will happen if others hear them speak the words that God has given them to speak to heal someone?
(a) God will transfer the gift.
(b) God ignores the request to heal the person.
(c) The healer will loose their power.
(d) The person listening will go deaf over a period of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was hog killing generally done?

2. What does the soaking do to the meat?

3. What instrument does Daniel play?

4. What should you remove when making Tomato Catsup?

5. What do the squirrels do if it is going to be a bad winter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how cracklin's are made.

2. Explain the reasons that hogs were the mountain people's main meat.

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

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

5. Describe the story that Bill Lamb tells about why they remove the eyes from the hog's head before cooking it.

6. Explain basically how moonshining began.

7. Explain where the expression "That must'a had a dead hog in it" comes from.

8. Explain the reasons that mountain men hunted.

9. Describe the directions given for skinning a raccoon.

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

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