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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) The Putnam-Southerland Foundation.
(b) The National Foundation for the Arts.
(c) The Georgia Council for the Arts.
(d) The McNair Foundation.

2. Who was the person hired to coordinate the development of manuscripts for Foxfire Press for one year?
(a) Dana Holcomb.
(b) Eliot Wigginton.
(c) Linda Page.
(d) Aunt Arie Carpenter.

3. What was the title of the book published by Foxfire Press during the period covered by the grant?
(a) The Foxfire Book of Wood Stove Cookery.
(b) Mountain Laurel and Other Appalachian Trees.
(c) Quilting in Southern Georgia.
(d) The Foxfire Book of Mountain Medicinal Herbs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe who Allen Levy is?

2. What major New York publisher gave the Foxfire organization a publishing contract for two books?

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

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

5. What change does Eliot Wigginton say in the book's introduction is about to be made to the highway in Mountain City?

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