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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why didn't Harvey Penland's father value education and encourage Harvey to pursue his education?
(a) He didn't read and didn't see why Harvey needed to read.
(b) He needed Harvey to help with farm chores.
(c) He had been a slave and didn't value education for blacks.
(d) He thought Harvey could make money working without one.

4. What is the name of the county seat of Eliot Wigginton's county?
(a) Clayton.
(b) Rabun Gap.
(c) Marietta.
(d) Cynthiana.

5. At what school does Eliot Wigginton teach?
(a) Clayton County High School.
(b) Princeton High School.
(c) Rabun Middle School.
(d) Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the educational level of Viola Lenoir's mother?

2. What building in Mountain City 1930's has burned?

3. What product does Foxfire make and market to its magazine subscribers through their blacksmith program for local high school students?

4. What organization gave Foxfire a grant that allowed the organization to hire a person to coordinate the development of manuscripts for Foxfire Press for one year?

5. What was the Tutt family supposed to put on their cotton plants to kill boll weevils?

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