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

2. Which of these wolly worm actions does NOT does not imply there is going to be a bad winter?

3. What is Andy Webb's turkey call made out of?

4. What does Grady Waldroop cut off of the turkey and leave for the old man along with a note?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the hoop snake.

2. Explain how cracklin's are made.

3. Describe the joint snake.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

There is a lot of solitude talked about in the story.

Part 1) What does it indicate that so many of the people in the story talked about their solitude or the fact that they were cut off from the world?

Part 2) What seems to be the main reason for the solitude that people endured?

Part 3) What does it appear that the solitude gave the people?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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