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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 do you do with the meat after it is off the bone?

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

3. What farm animal is rumored to eat snakes?

4. Why is it typically unnecessary for farmers to hunt for food in the forest?

5. What does the syrup in Syrup Bread replace?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Harley Carpenter say about faith healing?

3. Explain how cracklin's are made.

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

5. 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?

6. Describe the joint snake.

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

8. Describe Daniel's home and how Daniel is described.

9. Describe the hoop snake.

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

Pick one to write about.

Part 1) How would the story have been different if the articles had been "How To" only without the human stories and personal touches included? Explain your answer.

Part 2) Could any of the stories given been made into short stories or books on their own? Explain why or why not.

Part 3) Is the Foxfire Book a realistic help to a person that intended to live off the land? Explain why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

There are many different homes that are described in the book.

Part 1) Which home seems the most unique to you? Explain why this home stuck out for you.

Part 2) What is significant about knowing that Daniel Manous lived in a bread truck?

Part 3) Does knowing where these people live affect the reader's thoughts about the person? Explain why or why not and how.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Discuss religion and the role that it played for the majority of the people interviewed.

Part 2) Why does it seem that religion was so strong a theme in each person's life?

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