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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Arie Meaders' educational level?
(a) She never attended school.
(b) 5th grade.
(c) 7th grade.
(d) 8th grade.

3. What was the educational level of Viola Lenoir's grandmothers?
(a) Both attended college.
(b) Both could read and write their names.
(c) Both obtained sixth grade educations.
(d) Neither of them could read or write.

4. When Arie Meaders' retired from pottery, what activity did she start doing?
(a) Crocheting.
(b) Baking cookies.
(c) Quilting.
(d) Writing novels.

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

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

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

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

9. In the 1930's in Mountain City, what fruit was grown locally, sorted and boxed at a packing house near the depot?
(a) Papayas.
(b) Apples.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Bananas.

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

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

12. What is the status of the railroad depot in Mountain City today?
(a) It has been preserved as a historic building.
(b) It was damaged in a tornado and is being repaired.
(c) It no longer exists.
(d) It expanded in size and contains a mini-mall.

13. What tool did Cheever Meaders use to break apart his lumps of clay and mix them into a smooth, even consistency?
(a) A wooden spoon.
(b) A potter's wheel.
(c) An electric mixer.
(d) A mud mill.

14. Which of the following statements does not describe who Allen Levy is?
(a) A volunteer worker for the Mountain City project.
(b) The local mayor's son.
(c) A grad student at the University of Carolina in architecture.
(d) Someone offering free labor in exchange for experience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Arie Meaders born?

2. What kinds of dances were held at the Mountain City hotels in the 1930's?

3. In 1977, what property did the Foxfire organization purchase?

4. In what state does Eliot Wigginton live and work?

5. Which of Arie Meaders' children is the only one who was interested in pottery?

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