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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much education did Frank Moore receive?
(a) A fifth-grade education.
(b) An eighth-grade education.
(c) A college degree.
(d) A high-school diploma.

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

3. How were the topics to be featured in the new series of books from Foxfire Press determined?
(a) By picking topics at random.
(b) By distributing a questionnaire to the magazine subscribers.
(c) By running a contest on the Internet.
(d) By letting the people interviewed vote on the topics.

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

5. What did Flora learn to boil honeysuckle vines with to remove the bark?
(a) Baking soda.
(b) Turpentine.
(c) Washing powder.
(d) Vinegar.

6. When was the general store operated by Ed and Martha Roane opened?
(a) In 1959.
(b) In 1927.
(c) In 1713.
(d) In 1850.

7. How many children did Nola Campbell's parents have?
(a) Seven.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

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

9. Who wrote the chapter in Foxfire 9 entitled "Foxfire--What Is It"?
(a) Earl Hamner.
(b) Curt Haban.
(c) Eliot Wigginton.
(d) John Gresham.

10. What did Captain Irish Bill Moore and his wife Hattie often have to battle?
(a) Roughriders or bandits.
(b) Mice that infested the general store.
(c) Ants that infested the general store.
(d) Competition from other stores.

11. What kind of work did Nola Campbell do at age 6?
(a) She helped her mother sew and knit.
(b) She babysat for neighboring families.
(c) She groomed horses.
(d) She worked the cotton fields.

12. What information did quilters traditionally embroider on their quilt squares when making a friendship quilt?
(a) The name and birthdate of the recipient of the quilt.
(b) Good wishes for the recipient of the quilt.
(c) The name of the recipient of the quilt.
(d) Their name and perhaps the date.

13. What office did Nola Campbell's husband Raymond Harris have in the tribe for three years?
(a) He was the tribe's police chief.
(b) He was the tribe's medicine man.
(c) He was chief of the tribe.
(d) He was the tribe's accountant.

14. In what year was Flora Youngblood born?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1890.

15. Approximately how many quilt patterns has the Foxfire organization collected over the years?
(a) A dozen.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Ten.
(d) A million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Dr. Brabson's feet after long medical trips in cold weather?

2. Where did Flora Youngblood's father Henry learn herbal doctoring and faith healing?

3. What kind of quilt did Edith Cannon's mother make all six of her daughters?

4. When Nola Campbell's sister cut off Nola's toe during their childhood, what did their mother use on the wound?

5. What religion was Nola Campbell's family?

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