Foxfire 9 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Eliot Wigginton
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Foxfire 9 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Eliot Wigginton
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quilting - The Joy of My Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the third book published by Foxfire Press?
(a) A book on gunsmithing.
(b) A Baptist hymnal.
(c) A book of mountain toys and games.
(d) A book of herbal remedies.

2. What did Roy Roberts, another owner of a general store, sell to the train engineers as they drove through his town?
(a) Cake.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Socks and shoes.
(d) Ham.

3. What were the fascinators sold in general stores?
(a) Candy made from dried apples and honey.
(b) Wooden toys for babies.
(c) Crocheted, triangular shawls to cover the head & shoulders.
(d) Handheld mirrors.

4. What materials were used by Aunt Arie Carpenter in the making of most of her quilts?
(a) Scraps from her family's clothing.
(b) Scraps of material from neighbors' clothing.
(c) Gingham and calico bought at the general store.
(d) Wool woven at her home.

5. What remedy was used in the mountains for stings?
(a) A milkweed poultice.
(b) Salt.
(c) Castor oil.
(d) A dandelion green poultice.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a young girl, what did Flora learn to make from honeysuckle vines?

2. According to Foxfire researchers, what amount of money did most people spend in the Moore general store during the course of a year in the early days of the store's operation?

3. With what have glowing plants like foxfire been associated over the ages?

4. What was the customary occasion on which to give a friendship quilt to someone in the Appalachian mountains in the 1890s?

5. What was the customary occasion on which to give a "Dutch doll" quilt in the mountains?

(see the answer key)

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