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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) Both were African.
(d) One was African and one was Chinese.

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

3. 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) When he fought World War I in Europe.
(d) In a church.

4. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Folk pottery originated in the Appalachian mountains.
(b) Folk pottery does not exist in Appalachia.
(c) An abundance of folk potters exist.
(d) Folk pottery is not a mountain craft by nature.

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

6. What kinds of dances were held at the Mountain City hotels in the 1930's?
(a) Ballroom dances.
(b) Square dances.
(c) Waltzes.
(d) Ballet dances.

7. To where would Carrie Stewart walk barefoot in the mud as a child?
(a) To church.
(b) To the grocery store.
(c) To her grandmother's house.
(d) To school.

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

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

10. What item does Eliot Wigginton not want to see on the menu of a diner in his community?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) French fries.
(c) Tofu.
(d) Chili.

11. In the 1930's in Mountain City, which of the following was not a local product shipped out of town to markets?
(a) Bundles of animal hides.
(b) Medicinal herbs.
(c) Live chickens.
(d) Oil.

12. What was the profession of Viola Lenoir's mother?
(a) Hotel cook.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Practical nurse.
(d) Singer.

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

14. What organization does the Foxfire organization plan to house in the log cabin they're restoring?
(a) Mountain City's library.
(b) The Rabun County Historical Society.
(c) Rabun County Middle School.
(d) Mountain City's post office.

15. What was the Tutt family supposed to put on their cotton plants to kill boll weevils?
(a) Castor oil.
(b) A mixture of arsenic and molasses.
(c) Kerosene.
(d) Cayenne pepper juice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What powered the tool that Cheever Meaders used to break apart his lumps of clay and mix them into a smooth, even consistency?

2. What organization gave Foxfire a grant that allowed the organization to hire a person to coordinate the development of manuscripts for Foxfire Press for one year?

3. In what year was Bruce Mosley born?

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

5. What famous couple does Arie Meaders believe once visited and bought pottery from her?

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