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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 is the population of the county seat?
(a) Five million.
(b) Ten thousand.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) Five hundred.

2. What did the Tutt family grow on their farm?
(a) Tomatoes and squash.
(b) Apples, peaches, and other fruits.
(c) Soybeans.
(d) Corn, cotton, peanuts, wheat, oats and cane.

3. Who is the founder of the Foxfire organization?
(a) Anna Tut.
(b) Cheever Meaders.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Eliot Wigginton.

4. For what were Sundays reserved during Carrie Stewart's childhood?
(a) Church and religion.
(b) Music lessons.
(c) Learning Latin and Greek.
(d) Visiting her grandparents.

5. In what year was Bruce Mosley born?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1915.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1977, what property did the Foxfire organization purchase?

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

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

4. How old is Carrie Stewart?

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

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