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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Recipes for Hog".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the wood for chairs usually gathered in the winter or fall?
(a) Because sap levels are lowest then.
(b) It is the time best for allowing the trees to set out and cure.
(c) Because this is the time of year when the trees begin to slow their growing.
(d) This is when the barks show the best woods.

2. Why does Aunt Arie say she never left her home?
(a) She was too scared.
(b) She couldn't stand to leave her home.
(c) This is where her stuff was.
(d) She felt as if someone was coming.

3. What can be used in place of a churn for quicker results?
(a) A jar.
(b) A frying pan.
(c) A cake pan.
(d) A wash tub.

4. What is the last thing that Mrs. Watts describes in her essay?
(a) The first car her family ever saw.
(b) When her parents died.
(c) When her brother's got married.
(d) The first time she left her home to go to the city.

5. What are the Sleepers?
(a) Hide-a-beds.
(b) Sky-lights.
(c) Tools that are used to create notches.
(d) Floor beams of the cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has caused the loss of the fine art of building a genuine log cabin?

2. What were early chimneys called?

3. At the end of the interview what does the student say men like Lon live oblivious to?

4. Which of the following national groups have supported Foxfire?

5. What two things were said to have been brought to the forests our ancestors settled in the chapter titled "Tools and Skills?"

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