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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 should you remove when making Tomato Catsup?

2. What is one of the factors that slowed the production and appeal of moonshining?

3. Who tells the story of 'The Buzzard and the Dog?'

4. What kind of coals were used for bleaching according to Mrs. Carrie Dillard Garrison, because they held heat longer and stayed alive longer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the reasons that mountain men hunted.

2. Explain how cracklin's are made.

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

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

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

6. How do you prepare frog?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Which of the people interviewed seemed to be the most important or to have the biggest impact on the story? Explain why you chose this person.

Part 2) Which character stood out the most in the story? Why do you think this was?

Essay Topic 2

Take a closer look at the purpose of a quilting circle.

Part 1) What images come to mind when the phrase 'quilting circle' is mentioned? Why?

Part 2) Explain the practicality of a quilting circle?

Part 3) Would it be possible to get a quilting circle together in modern times? How would it be different? How would it be the same? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Which of the articles seemed to be the most helpful as a 'how to' guide? Explain.

Part 2) Which of the articles seemed to be the least helpful as a 'how to' guide? Why?

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