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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 item does Eliot Wigginton not want to see on the menu of a diner in his community?
2. What major New York publisher gave the Foxfire organization a publishing contract for two books?
3. Who is the founder of the Foxfire organization?
4. How old is Carrie Stewart?
5. What organization gave Foxfire a grant that allowed the organization to hire a person to coordinate the development of manuscripts for Foxfire Press for one year?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mountain City today differ from how it appeared in the early 1900's?
2. How has Anna Tutt seen white people treat black people during her life?
3. How does Eliot Wigginton think the widening of the highway will affect the town of Mountain City?
4. What training did Carrie Stewart engage in at the age of seventy-four?
5. How does Bruce Mosley feel about racial discrimination today?
6. What role do Rabun Gap High School students play in "Foxfire" projects?
7. What is Foxfire's mission?
8. Explain what a pug mill or mud mill is.
9. What changes has Anna Tutt noticed in children and families during her life?
10. Explain the history of Foxfire.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the depiction of education in "Foxfire 8." How educated are the majority of the interviewees? How literate are the majority of the interviewees? Is there a difference in the educational and literacy levels of the interviewees and their children and grandchildren? Why do you think the interviewees' families placed more emphasis on the learning of handicrafts and the raising of food than on book learning when the interviewees were young? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the depiction of racial segregation and racial prejudice in "Foxfire 8." Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the concept of oral traditions and the passing down of cultural, agricultural, and artistic knowledge from one generation to the next as illustrated in "Foxfire 8." Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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