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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What shape kiln is common in the South?
(a) Rectangular.
(b) Octagonal.
(c) Round.
(d) Triangular.

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

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

8. How did Arie Meaders' family cure thrush when she was a child?
(a) With dandelion tea.
(b) With garden sage.
(c) With sassafras tea.
(d) With cod liver oil.

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

10. What powered the tool that Cheever Meaders used to break apart his lumps of clay and mix them into a smooth, even consistency?
(a) A fan.
(b) A horse.
(c) A mule.
(d) An electric motor.

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

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

13. What injustices did Harvey Penland see whites commit against blacks?
(a) Burning of crosses on black property by the KKK.
(b) Beatings of slaves.
(c) Lynchings.
(d) The taking of black-owned land by white government.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of sports team did Mountain City have in the 1930's?

2. What change does Eliot Wigginton say in the book's introduction is about to be made to the highway in Mountain City?

3. What did Carrie Stewart eat for breakfast as a child?

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

5. From where did Arie Meaders' paternal ancestors originate?

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