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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What age chickens are used in cockfighting?
(a) Chickens between six months and two years of age.
(b) Chickens between two and six years of age.
(c) Chickens between twelve months and four years of age.
(d) Chickens of any age.

2. What do the game chicken breeders interviewed for Foxfire 8 recommend about record keeping?
(a) To hire a professional accountant for record keeping.
(b) To avoid record keeping.
(c) To keep sales records, but no other records.
(d) To keep clear, accurate records.

3. Of what does the water powered mill Burlon Craig uses to break down bottles to get pulverized glass for his glazes consist?
(a) A large wooden pole and a wooden box.
(b) A wooden box with a metal bar on one end.
(c) A large saw blade and a small metal box.
(d) A metal box with a hammer on one end.

4. Why did Foxfire want to interview Burlon Craig?
(a) He is the oldest living potter.
(b) He is the country's most famous folk potter.
(c) He uses a water powered glass mill to grind glass for glazes.
(d) He invented a new type of kiln.

5. Who are the Wilson's main customers?
(a) Catalog and online retailers.
(b) Cemeteries and funeral homes.
(c) Floral shops and greenhouses.
(d) Gift shops.

6. Which of the following is a foreign country mentioned in "Foxfire 8" as a country in which cockfighting is practiced?
(a) Africa.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) El Salvador.
(d) The Philippines.

7. What kind of glaze does Norman Smith use on the majority of his pottery?
(a) Macedonian glaze.
(b) Most of it is unglazed.
(c) Shanghai glaze.
(d) Alpine slip.

8. What are gaffs?
(a) A breed of chicken that fights well.
(b) Hens that are too old to breed.
(c) Leashes used for chickens rather than dogs.
(d) Sharp objects put on chicken legs in place of the spurs.

9. Where do Burlon and Irene Craig live?
(a) Corbin, Kentucky.
(b) Catawba Valley in North Carolina.
(c) Harrison, Virginia.
(d) Rabun Gap, Georgia.

10. How many coffee mugs can Charlie Brown make per hour?
(a) Two.
(b) Eighty.
(c) One.
(d) Forty.

11. How long does Joe Farmer raise chickens until he starts preparing them for fighting?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Eight months.
(d) One year.

12. Which of the following states describes the drying system that the Wilsons invented?
(a) Solar heat dries the pots in an indoor setting.
(b) Kiln heat flows through pipes to the pottery drying room.
(c) A coal fire dries the pots.
(d) Lunar heat dries the pots in an outdoor setting.

13. How does Joe Farmer keep his roosters apart as they grow and begin to fight with each other?
(a) He takes one of the two roosters into his house until it calms.
(b) He houses all of his roosters in individual cages.
(c) He uses his dogs to break them up.
(d) He pours cold water on fighting birds.

14. When shop owners have tried to sell him "very old" or "antique" pottery, what has Burlon Craig noticed about the pottery?
(a) That it's being sold for much more than it's worth.
(b) That it is flawed in some way.
(c) That it's his own modern pottery rather than an antique piece.
(d) That it is not as high in quality as what he makes today.

15. For what type of pottery does the Brown family use molds?
(a) Chicken roasters.
(b) Syrup jars.
(c) Face jugs.
(d) Coffee mugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the Brown family grinds the clay?

2. At the beginning of a chicken fight, what is done first?

3. What does Burlon Craig use in his glazes to keep them from running?

4. What type of kiln did Louis Brown use when he started making pottery in the 1920's and 1930's?

5. What is the fighting season in the sport of cockfighting?

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