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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was Bruce Mosley born?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1920.

3. When was Arie Meaders born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1897.

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

5. 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?
(a) The McNair Foundation.
(b) The National Foundation for the Arts.
(c) The Putnam-Southerland Foundation.
(d) The Georgia Council for the Arts.

6. In what area(s) did Viola Lenoir work?
(a) Chef, a nurse, and a nanny.
(b) Pharmacist.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Post office clerk.

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

8. In 1977, what property did the Foxfire organization purchase?
(a) The old hospital building.
(b) The old firehouse.
(c) The old log mayor's house.
(d) The lot on which the burned building stood.

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

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

11. What benefit did Cheever Meaders derive from making his favorite types of pottery?
(a) His children helped him glaze these pieces.
(b) He could make them more quickly than other pieces.
(c) His wife could assist him in making them.
(d) He earned more from the larger pieces.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what did Carrie Stewart earn an award?

3. What kind of factory is located in Mountain City in the present day?

4. To where would Carrie Stewart walk barefoot in the mud as a child?

5. When did the Meaders family start their pottery operations in White County?

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