APPALACHIAN ETHNIC AWARENESS TEST

Please circle your choice of answer for each item:

1. A Greasy poke best serves a person who:

a. has a cold. b. has sore muscles. c. is hungry. d. is pregnant.

2. A dotey person is:

a. crippled. b. fat. c. in love. d. senile.

3. Burley is usually cured: 

a. by the processor. b. in flue barns. c. in open air barns. d. on the stalk.

4. The word blinky refers to: 

a. a toy. b. an early frost. c. an eccentric person. d. soured milk.

5. Which of the following belongs least with the others: 

a. scrapple. b. pone. c. hushpuppy. d. dodger.

6. Southern mountain people usually express their political feelings by: 

a. not voting. b. voting independent. c. voting Republican. d. voting Democratic.

7. A buckeye in your pocket means you will:

a. always have money. b. have good health. c. have a girl. d. have good luck.

8. An illegitimate child is a: 

a. bait. b. chuffy. c. gip. d. woods colt.

9. Peckerwood refers to:

a. termite damage. b. furniture quality lumber. c. acorn storage. d. a crazy person.

10. The mule is used primarily because of:

a. farming traditions. b. the nature of the soul. c. their ease of upkeep. d. their beauty.

11. A person who falls off: 

a. becomes mentally unbalanced. b. dies. c. loses weight. d. is untrue.

12. A backset is 

a. a brace. b. farm tool. c. ignorant person. d. relapse.

13. All firm and toe refers to:

a. a religious fanatic. b. a spirited mule. c. a high-tempered person. d. a stiff-necked person.

14. A bealed head refers to: 

a. a bloated bow. b. a hairless condition. c. rotten cabbage. d. a swollen face.

15. A man who has granny trouble can look forward to:

a. abstaining from sex. b. the birth of his child. c. having only girls.

16. Jumping jig refers to 

a: a. dance. b. racial slur. c. toy. d. disease.

17. An anxious bench might be found in a: a. county jail. b. hospital. c. church. d. school.

18. Piddles refers to: 

a. banjo pickers. b. chestnuts. c. roundworms. d. baby chicks.

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