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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Viola Lenoir's educational level?
(a) She had no formal education.
(b) High school graduate.
(c) 7th grade.
(d) 4th grade.

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

4. What kinds of dances were held at the Mountain City hotels in the 1930's?
(a) Ballet dances.
(b) Waltzes.
(c) Ballroom dances.
(d) Square dances.

5. What career did Carrie Stewart begin at age 74?
(a) She became a pianist.
(b) She became a school teacher.
(c) She became a midwife.
(d) She became a novelist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool did Cheever Meaders use to break apart his lumps of clay and mix them into a smooth, even consistency?

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

3. What injustices did Harvey Penland see whites commit against blacks?

4. With what did Arie Meaders' family scrub their floors when she was a child?

5. From where did Arie Meaders' paternal ancestors originate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Anna Tutt seen white people treat black people during her life?

2. How has the Foxfire organization worked with the community in planning their Mountain City project?

3. What kind of education did Viola Lenoir's grandparents have?

4. What did Bruce Mosley's grandmother tell him about slavery and the Yankees?

5. How does Eliot Wigginton think the widening of the highway will affect the town of Mountain City?

6. What role do Rabun Gap High School students play in "Foxfire" projects?

7. What features do Eliot Wigginton's favorite small towns have in common?

8. How does Bruce Mosley feel about racial discrimination today?

9. What changes has Anna Tutt noticed in children and families during her life?

10. Discuss some of the glazes that Cheever Meaders used.

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