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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the war Israel fought in 1948?
(a) Six Year War.
(b) The Salt War.
(c) War of Independence.
(d) The Dead War.

2. What did people find in England while looking for salt deposits?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Oil.
(d) Coal.

3. Where is the one place salted meats have survived?
(a) British butcher shops.
(b) Russian restaurants.
(c) Chinese restaurants.
(d) Jewish Delis.

4. What famous company did a man named Birdseye form?
(a) Safeway.
(b) General Foods.
(c) Asda.
(d) General Motors.

5. What country does the author return to in Chapter 23?
(a) USA.
(b) India.
(c) Israel.
(d) China.

6. Where did a group of speculators find salt deposits underground?
(a) New York.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Texas.
(d) Louisiana.

7. What was it illegal to salt in France during the salt tax?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Bread.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Fish.

8. Whose work did Gandhi read in jail while in India?
(a) Camus.
(b) Sartre.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Robideaux.

9. On which continent has salt consumption almost halved?
(a) Africa.
(b) Europe.
(c) North America.
(d) Asia.

10. What meat do the Chinese consume the most?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Beef.
(c) Duck.
(d) Pork.

11. Which country consumes the most salt?
(a) Japan.
(b) Iraq.
(c) USA.
(d) China.

12. What is Sodium Chloride better known as?
(a) Cooking salt.
(b) Sniffing salt.
(c) Body salt.
(d) Table salt.

13. What is the title of Chapter 17?
(a) Forming Clouds.
(b) Red Salt.
(c) Pass Me the Salt.
(d) Pepper.

14. What did Humphry Davy invent?
(a) Ketchup.
(b) Charcoal.
(c) Chloride.
(d) Sodium.

15. What subject does the author discuss in Chapter 19?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Geology.
(d) Physiology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was name of the sauce that McIhenny invented?

2. What form of resistance did Gandhi develop while in jail?

3. Why did the British ban Orissa salt?

4. What did one person bring onto Avery Island to farm?

5. What did the American south lack adequate supplies for against the north?

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