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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Albany slip?

2. What kind of sports team did Mountain City have in the 1930's?

3. What kinds of dances were held at the Mountain City hotels in the 1930's?

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

5. In the 1930's in Mountain City, what fruit was grown locally, sorted and boxed at a packing house near the depot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Arie Meaders' schooling in 1912.

3. Why does the Mountain City community not want to draw more tourists into their town?

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

5. What famous couple does Arie Meaders think once purchased her pottery?

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

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

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

9. Explain the history of Foxfire.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast raising and breeding mules to chickens. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the legality of cockfighting and the arguments given in "Foxfire 8" in support of this sport that involves the death of the losing chickens. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss mountain folk medicine and the home remedies mentioned in "Foxfire 8." Who usually treats the sick, a physician or a family member? Where did the Appalachians get the ingredients for their home remedies? What do Appalachian home remedies show about Appalachian culture and Appalachian life? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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