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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In the 1930's in Mountain City, how many hotels were in the town?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.
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?
(a) The Georgia Council for the Arts.
(b) The McNair Foundation.
(c) The Putnam-Southerland Foundation.
(d) The National Foundation for the Arts.
3. How did the Foxfire organization involve the community in their plans for the Mountain City project?
(a) By mailing out a survey to get community opinions.
(b) By holding town meetings to solicit community input.
(c) By going door to door to interview residents.
(d) By asking for residents to submit blueprints for the project.
4. To where would Carrie Stewart walk barefoot in the mud as a child?
(a) To the grocery store.
(b) To church.
(c) To her grandmother's house.
(d) To school.
5. Which of Arie Meaders' children is the only one who was interested in pottery?
(a) Adam.
(b) Lanier.
(c) Jessie.
(d) Caleb.
6. What types of pottery did Cheever Meaders prefer to make?
(a) Large six gallon churns and seven gallon jars.
(b) Coffee mugs.
(c) Face jugs.
(d) Cookware.
7. From what material were the Mountain City hotels constructed?
(a) Stone.
(b) Wood.
(c) Brick.
(d) Stucco.
8. For what did Cheever Meaders use iron lifters?
(a) To lift his potter's wheel onto the kiln.
(b) To open his hot kiln door after a firing.
(c) To lift large pieces of pottery into cartons for shipping.
(d) To transfer finished pieces to the drying shelf.
9. In what state does Eliot Wigginton live and work?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Georgia.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Pennsylvania.
10. From where did Arie Meaders' paternal ancestors originate?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.
11. In what year was Bruce Mosley born?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1915.
12. What career did Carrie Stewart begin at age 74?
(a) She became a midwife.
(b) She became a school teacher.
(c) She became a pianist.
(d) She became a novelist.
13. What is the status of the railroad depot in Mountain City today?
(a) It no longer exists.
(b) It has been preserved as a historic building.
(c) It was damaged in a tornado and is being repaired.
(d) It expanded in size and contains a mini-mall.
14. What injustices did Harvey Penland see whites commit against blacks?
(a) The taking of black-owned land by white government.
(b) Lynchings.
(c) Burning of crosses on black property by the KKK.
(d) Beatings of slaves.
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) Cayenne pepper juice.
(d) Kerosene.
Short Answer Questions
1. With what did Arie Meaders' family scrub their floors when she was a child?
2. What did Anna Tutt's grandmother do for a living?
3. What is Arie Meaders' educational level?
4. Which of the following is not something the Mountain City community told Foxfire it wants for their town?
5. How old is Harley Penland?
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