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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 is a painter as it is referred to by the mountain people interviewed?
(a) A panther.
(b) A person who paints houses.
(c) A creature of legend.
(d) A large mountain lion.

2. How do you cure cramps in your feet?
(a) Put a Bible at the foot of the bed.
(b) Turn your shoes upside down before going to bed.
(c) Walk barefoot on a wood fence.
(d) Put pine leaves in your shoes.

3. What is often mixed with hog brains when being cooked?
(a) Fish.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Eggs.

4. What kind of dog was preferred for hunting rabbit?
(a) Terrier.
(b) Beagle.
(c) Basset.
(d) Mutt.

5. Which of following is NOT a remedy for arthritis.
(a) Make tea from alfalfa seeds or leaves.
(b) Use a magnet to draw it out of your body.
(c) Drink a honey, vinegar and moonshine mixutre.
(d) Whip your face with a rabbit's foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is NOT a way to keep your still hidden?

2. What did the students promise not to print in their interview?

3. What kind of coals were used for bleaching according to Mrs. Carrie Dillard Garrison, because they held heat longer and stayed alive longer?

4. How does a coachwhip snake kill animals?

5. Where is the art of moonshining said to have begun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Andy Webb explain about her gift.

2. Describe the hoop snake.

3. How does Taylor Crockett say that bear meat was divided up?

4. Describe the joint snake.

5. Explain the process of drying and why it was done.

6. Explain the basic differences between curing and smoking.

7. Explain basically how moonshining began.

8. Explain where the expression "That must'a had a dead hog in it" comes from.

9. Explain how cracklin's are made.

10. Describe what kind of interviews that were done for the section on 'Planting by the Signs.'

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