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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blacks in Appalachia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state does Eliot Wigginton live and work?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Georgia.

2. What is the status of the railroad depot in Mountain City today?
(a) It has been preserved as a historic building.
(b) It was damaged in a tornado and is being repaired.
(c) It no longer exists.
(d) It expanded in size and contains a mini-mall.

3. What organization does the Foxfire organization plan to house in the log cabin they're restoring?
(a) Mountain City's post office.
(b) The Rabun County Historical Society.
(c) Rabun County Middle School.
(d) Mountain City's library.

4. In the 1930's in Mountain City, what fruit was grown locally, sorted and boxed at a packing house near the depot?
(a) Papayas.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Apples.
(d) Grapes.

5. What building in Mountain City 1930's has burned?
(a) One of the churches.
(b) The gristmill.
(c) The railroad depot.
(d) One of the hotels.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1930's in Mountain City, which of the following was not a local product shipped out of town to markets?

2. What is the ethnic heritage of Viola Lenoir's grandmothers?

3. Whose death made Anna Tutt's childhood even more difficult?

4. From what material was the Mountain City town water fountain made?

5. What career did Carrie Stewart begin at age 74?

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