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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. How much money have Henry Harrison Mayes and his wife put into his signs?

2. What was done with the broken item left at Charles Phillips's funeral?

3. What fruit did D. B. Dayton not know how to peel the first time he ate one?

4. What was a madstone?

5. According to Ruth Holcomb, what did a bald eagle do to a baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident in Henry Harrison Mayes's youth led to his desire to bring the word of God to others?

2. How did a call to preach help Charles Phillips learn to read?

3. What happened to D. B. Dayton's mother to cripple her?

4. In what ways was the Rothell home a gathering place for people in the community?

5. What kinds of foods did D. B. Dayton and his family eat during D. B.'s childhood?

6. What was a madstone and how was it used to treat rabies?

7. What role did the Rothell house have in the lives of local teachers?

8. What home remedies were used in Jud Nelson's youth to ward off the flu?

9. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes once attend a strip show and what consequences arose because of his going to the show?

10. What two things could Jud Nelson's Uncle John do particularly well as a blacksmith?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of oral traditions and the oral passing down of cultural, agricultural, and artistic knowledge from one generation to the next as illustrated in Foxfire 9. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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