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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lon Reid say that his family used the wings of the turkey for?

2. The number of days old the moon is at the first snow tells what?

3. What must you remove from the raccoon if you intend to eat it?

4. What do most healers claim will happen if others hear them speak the words that God has given them to speak to heal someone?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the joint snake.

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

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

4. Explain basically how moonshining began.

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

6. What does Harley Carpenter say about faith healing?

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

8. How do you prepare frog?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Describe Hillard Green's character.

Part 2) Pick one word, or short phrase, to describe Hillard Green. Explain why you have chosen that word or phrase.

Essay Topic 2

Daniel Manous, Aunt Arie, and Hillard Green are the only people in the book to have an article named after them.

Part 1) Compare these people together. What do they have in common that makes them people of interest?

Part 2) Which of these people stands out the most and why.

Part 3) Rename these three articles. Explain why you chose the new titles that you decided on.

Essay Topic 3

Though certain subjects are given an entire article all to itself there are many subjects that are repeatedly looked at throughout the book.

Part 1) Name three subjects that are discussed, at least in a minor detail, throughout the book.

Part 2) Pick one of these three subjects and speculate on why it tied in to so many different areas in the book.

Part 3) Would it have been possible to have written the book without this subject? Explain.

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