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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Southern Folk Pottery: The Wilson, Hewell, and Brown Potteries (through page 384).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following states describes the drying system that the Wilsons invented?
(a) Solar heat dries the pots in an indoor setting.
(b) Lunar heat dries the pots in an outdoor setting.
(c) A coal fire dries the pots.
(d) Kiln heat flows through pipes to the pottery drying room.

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

3. What is the only kind of pottery Chester Wilson can't turn?
(a) Face jugs.
(b) Birdhouses.
(c) Monkey jugs.
(d) Churns.

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

5. What kind of sports team did Mountain City have in the 1930's?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Football.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Hockey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of glaze is made of silt ashes and sand or powdered glass and water?

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

3. For what did Carrie Stewart earn an award?

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

5. In which branch of the military did Burlon Craig once serve?

(see the answer key)

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