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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are fighting birds fed?
(a) Growth hormones and corn.
(b) Oats and sunflower seeds.
(c) Proteins, grains, and greens.
(d) Steak.

2. What does the clear gaze that Burlon Craig uses on his swirl pottery contain?
(a) Lard.
(b) Lanolin.
(c) Ash, glass, and kaolin.
(d) Vinegar.

3. Of what does the water powered mill Burlon Craig uses to break down bottles to get pulverized glass for his glazes consist?
(a) A large wooden pole and a wooden box.
(b) A large saw blade and a small metal box.
(c) A wooden box with a metal bar on one end.
(d) A metal box with a hammer on one end.

4. How many clays do the Wilsons use in their work?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

5. Why don't the Wilsons glaze much of their pottery?
(a) They are allergic to many glazes.
(b) They sell their wares to a place that glazes & resells it.
(c) It's more costly to glaze and there's less demand for it.
(d) They prefer unglazed pottery's natural beauty.

6. What is the fighting season in the sport of cockfighting?
(a) From March to May.
(b) From November to March.
(c) From November to June.
(d) From January to December.

7. What is the only kind of pottery Chester Wilson can't turn?
(a) Monkey jugs.
(b) Churns.
(c) Face jugs.
(d) Birdhouses.

8. What is the only kind of glaze that the Brown family uses on their pottery?
(a) Iron oxide glazes.
(b) Glaze made from crushed glass.
(c) Alpine slip.
(d) Clear glaze.

9. When do chicken breeders trim or cut the combs of their roosters?
(a) Before the rooster's first birthday.
(b) When the rooster turns two years old.
(c) When the roosters are born.
(d) When the roosters are three years old.

10. For what type of pottery is Burlon Craig best known?
(a) His coffee mugs.
(b) His churns.
(c) His monkey jugs.
(d) His casseroles.

11. What pottery making tool was Bud Maryland the first to own in his community?
(a) A gas-burning kiln.
(b) Alpine slip.
(c) Molds.
(d) An electric potter's wheel.

12. Which of the following is not a good reason to choose a hen or rooster for breeding?
(a) Their ability to cut.
(b) The bird's color.
(c) Their speed and height.
(d) The spring, or amount of bend in the bird's knee.

13. From whom did Monteen Wilson learn pottery?
(a) She taught herself.
(b) Her father, Loy Skelton.
(c) Her husband, Hallie Wilson.
(d) Her mother, Carrie Skelton.

14. What are buggy jars?
(a) Jars used to hide alcohol in during horse and buggy days.
(b) Jars that are malformed in some way.
(c) Jars decorated like bugs.
(d) Jars decorated like baby buggies.

15. In which branch of the military did Burlon Craig once serve?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Air Force.
(d) The Marines.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Norman Smith begin his pottery business with his wife?

2. Why does Louis Brown think that pottery is a dying business?

3. In what kind of containers does chicken breeder Clyde Gibson ship his chickens?

4. Which of the following is not an improvement that Louis Brown notes his new kiln has?

5. What method of beating the clay does Chester Wilson prefer?

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