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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What office did Nola Campbell's husband Raymond Harris have in the tribe for three years?
2. What was the last Foxfire book to be published under the contract with the New York Publisher?
3. For what potentially fatal disease did Dr. Brabson develop a cure?
4. What was the customary occasion on which to give a "Dutch doll" quilt in the mountains?
5. What other business did John Moore run in addition to his general store?
Short Essay Questions
1. What domestic tasks did Flora Youngblood learn to do from her mother?
2. How did Ed and Martha Roane help their customers get through the depression?
3. What are some of the home remedies that Flora Youngblood's father, Henry, used?
4. Why did Roy Roberts build a kiln and how did the business that resulted from the building of his kiln fare?
5. For what purpose did Flora Youngblood first learn to make baskets and from what did she make her baskets?
6. Describe the education Flora Youngblood received as a child.
7. What racial prejudice did Nola Campbell experience in her life?
8. What troubles did Irish Bill Moore have with roughriders after the Civil War?
9. What kinds of books have been printed by Foxfire Press and what kinds of books does Foxfire Press plan to print in the future?
10. How did quilts illustrate the self-reliance and ingenuity of Appalachian women?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the concept of superstition in Foxfire 9 and compare and contrast the Native American superstitions that Nola Campbell mentions in her interview with the superstitions others mention in their interviews. Include the superstitions mentioned in the section on folk remedies and the superstitions mentioned in the section on haint tales and other scary stories.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the herbal remedies and folk medicine practices mentioned in Foxfire 9. What do Appalachian home remedies reveal about Appalachian culture and Appalachian life? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of self-reliance or self-sufficiency in Foxfire 9. How is this theme illustrated in the lives of D. B. Dayton, Jud Nelson, and Carolyn Stradley? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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