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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nola Campbell - Catawba Indian Potter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the section of Foxfire 9 entitled "The General Store," how did the illiterate general store owner keep track of outstanding debts owed to him for items his customers had purchased on credit?
(a) He drew pictures of the items purchased.
(b) He hired a clerk who could read and write to track his debts.
(c) He relied on his memory.
(d) He trusted his customers to remember how much they owed.

2. What was the ethnic background of Nola Campbell's father?
(a) He was African American.
(b) He was full Catawba Indian.
(c) He was Japanese.
(d) He was Caucasian.

3. How old was Flora when she got married?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Thirty.

4. What problem arose due to the books in the Foxfire series presenting a range of topics in each volume?
(a) The number of interviews overwhelmed the staff.
(b) No single topic could be treated in depth.
(c) Too many photographs and drawings were needed.
(d) There were not enough interviewees for each volume.

5. For what potentially fatal disease did Dr. Brabson develop a cure?
(a) Diptheria.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Milk sickness.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was another name for the churn dash quilt pattern?

2. Which of the following was not a stitch Aunt Arie Carpenter used in making her quilts?

3. When Foxfire 9 was published, how many years had the Foxfire organization been in the Rabun County schools?

4. How many copies of the Foxfire books have been printed?

5. What was the last Foxfire book to be published under the contract with the New York Publisher?

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