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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Burlon Craig use in his glazes to keep them from running?
(a) Vinegar.
(b) Oak ashes or, on occasion, flint.
(c) Iron.
(d) Lye.

2. What does Norman Smith think is the cause of his ill health?
(a) Unclean water in the mountains.
(b) A poor diet.
(c) Bad genes.
(d) Breathing smoke and dust while making pottery.

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

4. At what age did Norman Smith begin his pottery business with his wife?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Thirty-eight.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty-four.

5. What originally powered Norman Smith's mill?
(a) Water.
(b) An electric motor.
(c) Norman.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are buggy jars?

2. Why are fighting chickens allowed to peck at each other while still held by their handlers?

3. How long has cockfighting been in existence in the world?

4. For what does Burlon Craig sometimes substitute Epsom salts to get a clear glaze?

5. Which of the following statements is not true about a cockfighting derby?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the difference between a derby and a tournament in the sport of cockfighting.

2. Why do owners of game chickens remove their roosters' combs prior to the first birthday?

3. How does Louis Brown say that trains can affect pottery?

4. Why do game chickens receive such excellent care from their owners in terms of food and veterinary care?

5. What kinds of wares did Burlon Craig make when he first started making pottery and what kind of wares does he produce today?

6. Why did the Brown family business increase during World War II?

7. What are gaffs and how do they apply to cockfighting?

8. Why do the Wilsons begin importing and reselling merchandise and what kinds of items do they import and resell?

9. Why does Clyde Gibson believe that it's up to the local sheriff of a community to decide if a cock fight can occur?

10. Explain the history of the sport of cockfighting.

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