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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Soapmaking".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Watts' family use to make coffee?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Cornmeal.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Chestnuts.

2. Where did Lon learn to make chairs?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His father.
(c) He learned on his own.
(d) His grandmother.

3. What was used for bread when cornmeal and wheat could not be ground?
(a) Corn.
(b) Chestnuts.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Onions.

4. What did a chimney have to do so that it didn't smoke?
(a) Have a hole under it to let the ashes fall out.
(b) Draw.
(c) Face southeast.
(d) Go straight up.

5. What happened to the once plentiful Chestnut trees?
(a) Global warming.
(b) Cut down by farmers.
(c) Bugs.
(d) Blight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Aunt Arie's stories said to be "spiced" with?

2. What ailment does Aunt Arie have according to the author?

3. Which of these is NOT used as an acceptable wood for making the chairs?

4. What might happen if there wasn't a proper footing on the chimney?

5. Why does Beulah say that she has had a possum head cooked for her in her past?

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