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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major New York publisher gave the Foxfire organization a publishing contract for two books?
(a) Harper and Row.
(b) Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.
(c) McMillan.
(d) E. P. Dutton Company.

2. What is Albany slip?
(a) A type of mountain herb.
(b) A large clay jar used in canning pickles.
(c) An herb that grows in New York.
(d) A commercially-produced glaze.

3. Why do most people pursue folk pottery?
(a) As a way to relax.
(b) As a recreational activity.
(c) As an artistic or creative endeavor.
(d) As a business activity.

4. From what material were the Mountain City hotels constructed?
(a) Wood.
(b) Stone.
(c) Brick.
(d) Stucco.

5. When Arie Meaders' retired from pottery, what activity did she start doing?
(a) Writing novels.
(b) Crocheting.
(c) Baking cookies.
(d) Quilting.

6. When Harvey Penland was a child, how long was his school year?
(a) Two months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Six months.

7. From where did Arie Meaders' paternal ancestors originate?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

8. When did the Meaders family start their pottery operations in White County?
(a) The mid 1800's.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1890.

9. What was the title of the book published by Foxfire Press during the period covered by the grant?
(a) Quilting in Southern Georgia.
(b) The Foxfire Book of Mountain Medicinal Herbs.
(c) The Foxfire Book of Wood Stove Cookery.
(d) Mountain Laurel and Other Appalachian Trees.

10. What is the status of the railroad depot in Mountain City today?
(a) It was damaged in a tornado and is being repaired.
(b) It no longer exists.
(c) It has been preserved as a historic building.
(d) It expanded in size and contains a mini-mall.

11. In what state does Eliot Wigginton live and work?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Georgia.

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

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

14. To whom does Bruce Mosley give credit for improving racial tension in America?
(a) President Obama.
(b) Reverend Jesse Jackson.
(c) The younger generation and Martin Luther King.
(d) Reverend Al Sharpton.

15. How did the Foxfire organization involve the community in their plans for the Mountain City project?
(a) By holding town meetings to solicit community input.
(b) By mailing out a survey to get community opinions.
(c) By going door to door to interview residents.
(d) By asking for residents to submit blueprints for the project.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area(s) did Viola Lenoir work?

2. What building in Mountain City 1930's has burned?

3. What kind of communities does Eliot Wigginton like?

4. What example of racial prejudice did Anna Tutt witness as a child?

5. What did the Tutt family grow on their farm?

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