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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the salt lake the Chinese fought over?
(a) Lake Panieux.
(b) Lake Yuncheng.
(c) Lake Shanxi.
(d) Lake Pang.

2. Which continent did the Vikings go to in search of cod?
(a) South America.
(b) North America.
(c) Asia.
(d) Oceania.

3. What color would the Celts paint their bodies when fighting?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) Red.
(d) Pink.

4. What is the title of Chapter 13?
(a) What is Freedom?
(b) Preserving Independece.
(c) Liberte, Egalite, Tax Breaks.
(d) Salt and Independence.

5. For which Italian city did the Barcelonans buy imported salt?
(a) Florence.
(b) Genoa.
(c) Rome.
(d) Parma.

6. What was known as Cordona's main treasure?
(a) A gold mine.
(b) A mountain of salt.
(c) A silver mine.
(d) A sealake.

7. Which Chinese river is known as the father of floods?
(a) The Yellow River.
(b) The Yangtze.
(c) The Yangez.
(d) The Green River.

8. What was the most popular fish in Europe between the 16th and 18th century?
(a) Cod.
(b) Sardines.
(c) Herring.
(d) Trout.

9. What is the direct translation of Via Salaria?
(a) Salt road.
(b) Salt river.
(c) Salt path.
(d) Salt freeway.

10. What two groups was Rome divided between?
(a) Patricians and plebeians.
(b) Normans and Romans.
(c) Gods and men.
(d) Celts and Huns.

11. In which country is Salzburg a town?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Austria.
(d) Germany.

12. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) Opening the Way for Others.
(b) A Sprinkle of Salt Goes a Long Way.
(c) Two Ports and the Prosciutto in Between.
(d) The Salt of the Earth.

13. What animal did the Celts prize over all others?
(a) The pig.
(b) The cow.
(c) The sheep.
(d) The dog.

14. Which country does the author write about in Chapter 12?
(a) USA.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Japan.

15. What became the most important salt producing town in England in the 9th century?
(a) Chester.
(b) Bury.
(c) Cheshire.
(d) Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food is it thought that Marco Polo introduced to Italy?

2. What prevents salt from absorbing into meat?

3. What turns the brine into salt crystals?

4. What two stones does the author say the rock was a cross between?

5. What county is the author talking about at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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