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Please mark your answer for each multiple-choice question by filling in the circle completely for the correct answer. Mark only one answer for each question. If you do not know the answer, make your best guess.

 

1.

We watched a Jack tale today. In what culture are Jack tales used to pass on tradition and culture?

 

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Appalachian

 

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Italian

 

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Chinese

 

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Egyptian

 

2.

Jack tales are an example of what way of passing on a tradition in a culture?

 

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legends

 

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storytelling with folktales

 

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myths

 

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songs

 

3.

How are Jack tales usually told?

 

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Orally by a storyteller

 

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Put into a painting

 

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Made into a dance

 

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Made into a song

 

4.

The Appalachian mountains made certain areas very isolated. What effect did this have on their culture?

 

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They had to climb the mountains to get anywhere.

 

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They learned to farm in mountainous areas.

 

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They developed storytelling, myths, legends and folk tales to keep their traditions and culture alive.

 

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They had a long way to travel to get to school.

 

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