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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 1977, what property did the Foxfire organization purchase?
(a) The old log mayor's house.
(b) The old hospital building.
(c) The old firehouse.
(d) The lot on which the burned building stood.

2. What was the profession of Viola Lenoir's mother?
(a) Practical nurse.
(b) Singer.
(c) Hotel cook.
(d) Seamstress.

3. What did Anna Tutt's grandmother do for a living?
(a) She was a teacher.
(b) She washed and ironed clothes.
(c) She was a nurse.
(d) She was a musician.

4. To where would Carrie Stewart walk barefoot in the mud as a child?
(a) To the grocery store.
(b) To school.
(c) To her grandmother's house.
(d) To church.

5. 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) Apples.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Bananas.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did Carrie Stewart earn an award?

2. What organization does the Foxfire organization plan to house in the log cabin they're restoring?

3. In what state does Eliot Wigginton live and work?

4. How did the Foxfire organization involve the community in their plans for the Mountain City project?

5. Which of the following is not something the Mountain City community told Foxfire it wants for their town?

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