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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bruce Mosley think will help racial relations?
(a) More devotion to God in schools.
(b) More education.
(c) Teaching children that all races are equal.
(d) More blacks in high paying jobs.

2. What does Edwin Meaders use to fuel his kiln?
(a) Kerosene.
(b) Oil.
(c) Gas.
(d) Pine wood.

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

4. At what school does Eliot Wigginton teach?
(a) Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School.
(b) Clayton County High School.
(c) Rabun Middle School.
(d) Princeton High School.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. How old is Carrie Stewart?
(a) One hundred and three.
(b) Eighty-six.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Ninety-two.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something the Mountain City community told Foxfire it wants for their town?

2. When was Arie Meaders born?

3. From what material were the Mountain City hotels constructed?

4. 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?

5. What career did Carrie Stewart begin at age 74?

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