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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Wilsons get churns to sell?
(a) They buy churns from other potters to resell.
(b) Their daughters make their churns.
(c) They make their own churns.
(d) They trade face jugs for churns.

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

3. What rule is there in cockfighting for running chickens?
(a) A running chicken can't win.
(b) Running chickens are made to enter a chicken race.
(c) A running chicken is sold for breeding.
(d) Running chickens are put back into the pit to fight more.

4. What are fighting birds fed?
(a) Oats and sunflower seeds.
(b) Growth hormones and corn.
(c) Steak.
(d) Proteins, grains, and greens.

5. What is the only kind of pottery Chester Wilson can't turn?
(a) Face jugs.
(b) Churns.
(c) Monkey jugs.
(d) Birdhouses.

6. Which of the following is not a chicken breed?
(a) Earl of Derby's.
(b) Jolly Heads.
(c) Ferris Ford Reds.
(d) Arkansas Traveler.

7. Which of the following statements does not describe a mill Burlon Craig used for mixing his clay?
(a) Wooden.
(b) Metal.
(c) Brick.
(d) Drawn by mules, horses, and tractors.

8. How long has cockfighting been in existence in the world?
(a) Since the Civil War.
(b) Since Elizabethean times.
(c) Since the Revolutionary War.
(d) Since ancient times.

9. What is the only ingredient that Louis Brown has to add to his clay?
(a) Water.
(b) Lye.
(c) Lanolin.
(d) Lavender.

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

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

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

13. What kind of mill does Norman Smith use to mix his clay?
(a) A Cantonese mill.
(b) A pug mill.
(c) A glass mill.
(d) A Macedonian mill.

14. When Louis Brown used an oil-burning kiln, how much oil did it take to burn a single load in the kiln?
(a) One hundred gallons.
(b) A thousand gallons.
(c) Three quarts.
(d) Two hundred fifty to three hundred gallons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the educational level of Norman Smith's wife, Irene?

2. For what type of pottery is Burlon Craig best known?

3. What ingredient in clay makes the pottery turn red during the firing process?

4. What types of items do the Wilsons import from Taiwan and resell?

5. Where do chickens fight?

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