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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 was the first "Foxfire" publishing project?
(a) A novel about frontier life.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) An online newsletter.
(d) Foxfire magazine.

2. For what did Carrie Stewart earn an award?
(a) Her service as a midwife.
(b) Her apricot jam.
(c) Her quilts.
(d) Her blueberry pie.

3. How was Bruce Mosley's grandfather Pank treated by his masters during his days in slavery?
(a) He was freed before the Civil War.
(b) He was beaten, treated badly and not allowed to pray.
(c) He was treated kindly.
(d) He was lynched.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Bruce Mosley's grandmother have to raise him?

2. What item does Eliot Wigginton not want to see on the menu of a diner in his community?

3. To whom does Bruce Mosley give credit for improving racial tension in America?

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

5. What career did Carrie Stewart begin at age 74?

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