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

2. What does the healer, Charley Tyler, say causes Thrush?

3. What is the 'leaf lard?'

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

5. What do the students say that stories about hunting inevitably turn to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain basically how moonshining began.

3. What does Harley Carpenter say about faith healing?

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

5. Explain the basic differences between curing and smoking.

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

7. Explain the reasons that mountain men hunted.

8. 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?

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

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

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

Part 1) Should all of this book be considered non-fiction even though there is no proof that many of the things in the book are fact? Explain.

Part 2) What role does folklore and legends have in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Many of the people in the book are described as self-sufficient.

Part 1) Describe what it means to be self-sufficient.

Part 2) How is being self-sufficient today different from that of Aunt Arie or Hillard Green? Explain.

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