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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. Why do most people pursue folk pottery?
(a) As an artistic or creative endeavor.
(b) As a recreational activity.
(c) As a business activity.
(d) As a way to relax.

2. What is the ethnic heritage of Viola Lenoir's grandmothers?
(a) One was African and one was Indian.
(b) Both were African.
(c) One was African and one was Chinese.
(d) One was African and one was White.

3. What is Anna Tutt's marital state?
(a) She is divorced.
(b) She is single and has never married.
(c) She is engaged to be married.
(d) She is widowed.

4. What is the status of the railroad depot in Mountain City today?
(a) It no longer exists.
(b) It was damaged in a tornado and is being repaired.
(c) It expanded in size and contains a mini-mall.
(d) It has been preserved as a historic building.

5. Which of Arie Meaders' children is the only one who was interested in pottery?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Lanier.
(c) Jessie.
(d) Adam.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state does Eliot Wigginton live and work?

2. When did Harvey Penland see whites and blacks treated in the same manner?

3. How did Arie Meaders' family cure thrush when she was a child?

4. What is Albany slip?

5. For what did Cheever Meaders use iron lifters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role has religion played in Carrie Stewart's life?

2. How did a white schoolteacher help Viola Lenoir's family when Viola was young?

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

4. What training did Carrie Stewart engage in at the age of seventy-four?

5. Explain the surprise Harley Penland received during World War I.

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

7. What is Foxfire's mission?

8. What kinds of things do Mountain City residents say they want in their community?

9. What are some misconceptions about folk pottery that John Burrison discusses?

10. What folk remedies did Arie Meaders' family use during her childhood?

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