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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. Which of the following is NOT a reason that someone might receive a blanket?

2. What does the Watt family leave their home to do as described by Mrs. Watts?

3. What does it suggest in the instructions that the foundation of the log cabin should be made out of?

4. What would happen if the wood used in tight-fitting tools and other objects wasn't seasoned?

5. What does Aunt Arie say she would put in if she had plenty of money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what a 'rope bed' is.

2. How are Dutch Ovens used?

3. Where do the students go to find a rope bed?

4. Why do the students realize that it would be impossible to give a set a blue prints for each cabin?

5. What instructions does Aunt Arie give about making souse meat?

6. Describe how the article "This is the Way I was Raised Up" was written.

7. What skills and tools are told about for building a log cabin?

8. In the chapter entitled "Aunt Arie", what does the author suggest might be the reasons for the void between youth and the older generations which the author felt?

9. Describe the differences between using the fire in the winter and in the warmer months.

10. What are some of the things that Lon is noted for doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick one to write about.

Part 1) How would the story have been different if the articles had been "How To" only without the human stories and personal touches included? Explain your answer.

Part 2) Could any of the stories given been made into short stories or books on their own? Explain why or why not.

Part 3) Is the Foxfire Book a realistic help to a person that intended to live off the land? Explain why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Though certain subjects are given an entire article all to itself there are many subjects that are repeatedly looked at throughout the book.

Part 1) Name three subjects that are discussed, at least in a minor detail, throughout the book.

Part 2) Pick one of these three subjects and speculate on why it tied in to so many different areas in the book.

Part 3) Would it have been possible to have written the book without this subject? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Discuss religion and the role that it played for the majority of the people interviewed.

Part 2) Why does it seem that religion was so strong a theme in each person's life?

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