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The Foxfire Book | Quiz

Eliot Wigginton
This Study Guide consists of approximately 97 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Foxfire books.

The Foxfire Book | Quiz

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1)

What did Dan's father say to do if the limbs on the white oak droop? (from "White Oak Splits," "Making a Hamper out of White Oak Splits" and "Making a Basket out of White Oak Splits")

Avoid all trees within a twenty foot spread of that one.
Cut off the limbs and let it be for a week.
Take that tree.
Let the tree stand.
2)

What do most healers claim will happen if others hear them speak the words that God has given them to speak to heal someone? (from "Faith Healing")

God ignores the request to heal the person.
The healer will loose their power.
God will transfer the gift.
The person listening will go deaf over a period of time.
3)

What is NOT included in the article 'Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on?' (from "Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on")

Places to buy your own hand crafted feather bed.
Instructions.
Pictures.
Diagrams.
4)

Which of these is NOT used as an acceptable wood for making the chairs? (from "An Old Chair Maker Shows How")

Maple.
Ash.
Oak.
Pine.
5)

What do the Friendship Quilts typically have stitched on them? (from "A Quilt is Something Human")

A verse from the Bible.
A name for the person whom the quilt would be given.
The names of those quilting.
The date the quilt was created.
6)

What does Daniel live in? (from "Daniel Manous")

An old cargo van.
Abandoned bread truck.
A broke down school bus.
An Indian tepee.
7)

Which of these childhood illnesses was looked at in terms of faith healing? (from "Faith Healing")

Chicken pox.
Polio.
Measles.
Thrush.
8)

What is Hillard doing when the students take his picture? (from "Hillard Green")

Peeling potatoes.
Making souse.
Peeling tomatoes.
Shelling beans.
9)

What is done to the Dutch Oven before cooking with it? (from "Cooking on a Fireplace, Dutch Oven, and Wood Stove")

Dry scrubbed.
Washed.
Greased heavily.
Preheated.
10)

What were the earliest simple mattresses called? (from "Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on")

Feather Cushions.
Pallets.
Rope Beds.
Hay Mats.
11)

What mixture was put on a broken arm? (from "The Buzzard and the Dog" and "Home Remedies")

Spider web and dirt.
Salt water and baccon grease.
Ashes and lye.
Red clay.
12)

What does Mrs. Algie Norton say makes the best Hominy? (from "Mountain Recipes" and "Preserving Vegetables")

Big grain white corn.
Big grain yellow corn.
Small grain white corn.
No such thing as good hominy.
13)

What does Mrs. Claude Darnell suggest might be the reason that there has been a revival in an interest in quilting? (from "A Quilt is Something Human")

Because they have fond memories of their grandparents quilting.
Because people want to get back to the good old days.
It is a novelty.
Because it is a part of their heritage.
14)

What does Minyard Conner say the bear died of in her story? (from "Hunting Tales")

Was scared to death.
Hung itself.
Must have been sick.
Shot in the head.
15)

Why is the wood for chairs usually gathered in the winter or fall? (from "An Old Chair Maker Shows How")

This is when the barks show the best woods.
Because this is the time of year when the trees begin to slow their growing.
It is the time best for allowing the trees to set out and cure.
Because sap levels are lowest then.
16)

What is at the beginning of the chapter titled 'Planting by the Signs?' (from "Weather Signs" and "Planting by the Signs")

Bible scriptures.
The reasons the students wrote this article.
Days best for writing a magazine.
Quotes from farmers.
17)

What does Grady Waldroop cut off of the turkey and leave for the old man along with a note? (from "Hunting Tales")

A foot.
A tail feather.
A wing.
The head.
18)

What is the 'leaf lard?' (from "Slaughtering Hogs" and "Curing and Smoking Hogs")

The fat on the backbone.
The fat around the neck.
The fat that held the intestines.
The fat on the belly.
19)

Where is the art of moonshining said to have begun? (from "Moonshining as a Fine Art")

Prohibition laws.
The hatred of the Britons and their excise tax.
Revenue officers.
No one is sure.
20)

What do the students say happen when they are driving to Hillard Green's house? (from "Hillard Green")

They get lost.
They get stuck.
They get surrounded by yard dogs.
They feel as if they have stepped back in time.
21)

What do the students call the Dutch Oven? (from "Cooking on a Fireplace, Dutch Oven, and Wood Stove")

A timeless invention.
Cake slab.
A bread pan.
One of the most useful cooking utensils.
22)

What is often mixed with hog brains when being cooked? (from "Recipes for Hog")

Eggs.
Chicken.
Fish.
Potatoes.
23)

What is the first recipe given in Mountain Recipes? (from "Mountain Recipes" and "Preserving Vegetables")

Potato Bread.
Aunt Arie's Cornbread.
Brunswick Stew.
Apple Dumplings.
24)

Those who believe in the signs in part base their belief on what? (from "Weather Signs" and "Planting by the Signs")

Dreams.
Education.
Religon.
Radio programs.
25)

What did the sign read when the students reached Lon Reid's property? (from "An Old Chair Maker Shows How")

Beware of Bees.
No trespassing.
Beware of Dogs.
No revenuers.
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