Foxfire 9 Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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

Foxfire 9 Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Eliot Wigginton
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was another name for the churn dash quilt pattern?
(a) The butter maker.
(b) The monkey wrench.
(c) The butter pounder.
(d) The dasher.

3. Which of the following was not a stitch Aunt Arie Carpenter used in making her quilts?
(a) Multiple feather stitch.
(b) Herringbone stitch.
(c) Chevron stitch.
(d) Princess stitch.

4. What did the variety of embroidery stitches used by a young woman in quilting traditionally indicate about the woman?
(a) That she was a hard worker.
(b) That she was an old maid.
(c) That she was creative.
(d) That she was a good seamstress and eligible for marriage.

5. What was the ethnic background of Nola Campbell's mother?
(a) She was Cherokee Indian.
(b) She was Caucasian.
(c) She was African American.
(d) She was Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What New York publisher published the Foxfire series, of which Foxfire 9 is a part?

2. What kind of work did Nola Campbell do at age 6?

3. What did Captain Irish Bill Moore and his wife Hattie often have to battle?

4. What cure was used by Annie Henry for a nosebleed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was a crazy quilt?

2. How did Flora Youngblood's father, Henry, learn herbal healing?

3. What goods were sold at the Fort Hembree store operated by the Moore family and what do the ledgers of the store from the 1840s reveal about the shopping habits of the era?

4. How did quilts illustrate the self-reliance and ingenuity of Appalachian women?

5. What are some of the home remedies that Flora Youngblood's father, Henry, used?

6. What reasons did Elliot Wigginton give in the Introduction for bringing the Foxfire series to an end with Foxfire 9?

7. What was the difference between a summer quilt and a winter quilt?

8. How have fictional stories treated foxfire and other glowing plants?

9. How did Bob McCall keep track of his customers' credit purchases in his general store when he couldn't read or write?

10. What domestic tasks did Flora Youngblood learn to do from her mother?

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