Foxfire 8 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Eliot Wigginton
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Foxfire 8 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what material was the Mountain City town water fountain made?
(a) Wood.
(b) Metal.
(c) Stone.
(d) Plastic.

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

3. For what were Sundays reserved during Carrie Stewart's childhood?
(a) Visiting her grandparents.
(b) Learning Latin and Greek.
(c) Music lessons.
(d) Church and religion.

4. How did the Foxfire organization involve the community in their plans for the Mountain City project?
(a) By asking for residents to submit blueprints for the project.
(b) By mailing out a survey to get community opinions.
(c) By holding town meetings to solicit community input.
(d) By going door to door to interview residents.

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

6. What type of glaze is made of silt ashes and sand or powdered glass and water?
(a) New England varnish.
(b) Canton glaze.
(c) Albany slip.
(d) Shanghai glaze.

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

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

9. What did the Tutt family grow on their farm?
(a) Tomatoes and squash.
(b) Apples, peaches, and other fruits.
(c) Corn, cotton, peanuts, wheat, oats and cane.
(d) Soybeans.

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

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

12. Which of the following is not something the Mountain City community told Foxfire it wants for their town?
(a) More jobs & recreational opportunities.
(b) New town water & sewer systems.
(c) Lower taxes.
(d) A cleaner town.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1930's in Mountain City, which of the following was not a local product shipped out of town to markets?

2. What was Viola Lenoir's educational level?

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

4. What major New York publisher gave the Foxfire organization a publishing contract for two books?

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

(see the answer keys)

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