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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of communities does Eliot Wigginton like?
(a) Small towns.
(b) Suburbs of large cities.
(c) Large cities.
(d) Communes.

2. What product does Foxfire make and market to its magazine subscribers through their blacksmith program for local high school students?
(a) Fireplace tools.
(b) Decorative wall art.
(c) Horseshoes.
(d) Candle holders.

3. In the 1930's in Mountain City, which of the following was not a local product shipped out of town to markets?
(a) Live chickens.
(b) Oil.
(c) Medicinal herbs.
(d) Bundles of animal hides.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the founder of the Foxfire organization?

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

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

5. What is the name of the county seat of Eliot Wigginton's county?

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