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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of pottery did Cheever Meaders prefer to make?
(a) Coffee mugs.
(b) Face jugs.
(c) Cookware.
(d) Large six gallon churns and seven gallon jars.

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

3. Who was the person hired to coordinate the development of manuscripts for Foxfire Press for one year?
(a) Dana Holcomb.
(b) Aunt Arie Carpenter.
(c) Eliot Wigginton.
(d) Linda Page.

4. For what did Cheever Meaders use iron lifters?
(a) To open his hot kiln door after a firing.
(b) To lift his potter's wheel onto the kiln.
(c) To lift large pieces of pottery into cartons for shipping.
(d) To transfer finished pieces to the drying shelf.

5. Which of Harvey's ancestors was a slave?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His mother.

6. In the 1930's in Mountain City, what fruit was grown locally, sorted and boxed at a packing house near the depot?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Papayas.
(c) Apples.
(d) Bananas.

7. What is the name of the county seat of Eliot Wigginton's county?
(a) Cynthiana.
(b) Marietta.
(c) Clayton.
(d) Rabun Gap.

8. When did Harvey Penland see whites and blacks treated in the same manner?
(a) At a hospital.
(b) He has never seen equal treatment of blacks and whites.
(c) In a church.
(d) When he fought World War I in Europe.

9. Which season of the year is not good for making pottery?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

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

11. In the 1930's in Mountain City, how many hotels were in the town?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) None.

12. Why don't Mountain City residents want to build something that would draw increased tourists to their community?
(a) They want more factories instead.
(b) They don't like outsiders visiting them.
(c) They want to tear down the town and move elsewhere.
(d) They don't want more traffic, noise or fast food restaurants.

13. What example of racial prejudice did Anna Tutt witness as a child?
(a) The beating of a black woman in public.
(b) The hanging of a black man.
(c) The denying of jobs to black workers.
(d) Being harassed by white children because of her race.

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

15. Which of Arie Meaders' children is the only one who was interested in pottery?
(a) Lanier.
(b) Jessie.
(c) Adam.
(d) Caleb.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Harley Penland?

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

4. Why do most people pursue folk pottery?

5. What shape kiln is common in the South?

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