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
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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) There were not enough interviewees for each volume.
(b) No single topic could be treated in depth.
(c) The number of interviews overwhelmed the staff.
(d) Too many photographs and drawings were needed.

2. What was the last Foxfire book to be published under the contract with the New York Publisher?
(a) Foxfire 15.
(b) Foxfire 20.
(c) Foxfire 9.
(d) Foxfire 10.

3. What was the customary occasion on which to give a "Dutch doll" quilt in the mountains?
(a) As a gift for a new baby.
(b) As a Christmas gift.
(c) As a graduation gift.
(d) As a wedding gift.

4. What was the second book published by Foxfire Press?
(a) A book of quilt patterns.
(b) A collection of ghost stories.
(c) A cookbook of traditional mountain recipes.
(d) A collection of traditional mountain songs.

5. When was the fishtail pattern quilt donated to Foxfire by Aunt Arie Carpenter made?
(a) In the 1860s.
(b) In 1950.
(c) During World War I.
(d) During the Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have reviewers stopped reviewing the new books in the Foxfire series?

2. For what potentially fatal disease did Dr. Brabson develop a cure?

3. What did Edith Cannon's mother use as a backing for her quilts?

4. What kind of glaze did Nola Campbell learn to put on her pottery?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Clyde Hollifield think foxfire is and how does he use it to make a body of water glow?

4. Describe the education Flora Youngblood received as a child.

5. What was a crazy quilt?

6. How did Earl Gillespie build a successful produce business?

7. Describe some of the quilt patterns mentioned in Foxfire 9.

8. What was "milk sickness"?

9. Why did Nola Campbell spend part of her childhood on the Catawba Indian reservation?

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

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