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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the ethnic heritage of Viola Lenoir's grandmothers?
(a) One was African and one was Indian.
(b) One was African and one was White.
(c) One was African and one was Chinese.
(d) Both were African.

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

3. What did Anna Tutt's grandmother do for a living?
(a) She washed and ironed clothes.
(b) She was a teacher.
(c) She was a nurse.
(d) She was a musician.

4. Why did Bruce Mosley's grandmother have to raise him?
(a) His mother was disabled in a car accident.
(b) His mother was ill and he never knew his father.
(c) His parents died.
(d) His mother deserted him.

5. 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.

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 objective of using a kiln?
(a) To dry the pottery and dry the glaze.
(b) To help the clay harden.
(c) To purify dirt from the clay.
(d) To kill germs that might be growing in the clay.

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

9. What was Viola Lenoir's educational level?
(a) 7th grade.
(b) She had no formal education.
(c) 4th grade.
(d) High school graduate.

10. Why didn't Harvey Penland's father value education and encourage Harvey to pursue his education?
(a) He didn't read and didn't see why Harvey needed to read.
(b) He had been a slave and didn't value education for blacks.
(c) He thought Harvey could make money working without one.
(d) He needed Harvey to help with farm chores.

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

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

13. What building in Mountain City 1930's has burned?
(a) The railroad depot.
(b) The gristmill.
(c) One of the churches.
(d) One of the hotels.

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

15. How long does it typically take to fire pottery in a kiln?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) Ten to twelve hours.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is a groundhog kiln?

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

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

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