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

2. What was the educational level of Viola Lenoir's grandmothers?
(a) Both obtained sixth grade educations.
(b) Both could read and write their names.
(c) Both attended college.
(d) Neither of them could read or write.

3. How old is Carrie Stewart?
(a) Eighty-six.
(b) One hundred.
(c) One hundred and three.
(d) Ninety-two.

4. Whose death made Anna Tutt's childhood even more difficult?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) Her twin sister's.
(c) Her father's.
(d) Her grandfather's.

5. What was the Tutt family supposed to put on their cotton plants to kill boll weevils?
(a) A mixture of arsenic and molasses.
(b) Kerosene.
(c) Castor oil.
(d) Cayenne pepper juice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1930's in Mountain City, how many hotels were in the town?

2. What kind of communities does Eliot Wigginton like?

3. When Harvey Penland was a child, how long was his school year?

4. From what material were the Mountain City hotels constructed?

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

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