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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 the educational level of Norman Smith's wife, Irene?

2. How do the Wilsons get churns to sell?

3. Which of the following states describes the drying system that the Wilsons invented?

4. Which of the following statements describes Irene Smith's skill with the pottery wheel?

5. Where do chickens fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why don't the Wilsons glaze much of their pottery?

2. Why do the Wilsons begin importing and reselling merchandise and what kinds of items do they import and resell?

3. Why did the Brown family business increase during World War II?

4. Why did the Foxfire staff want to interview Burlon Craig?

5. How do chicken breeds differ from one another?

6. What causes Norman Smith's emphysema?

7. Why does Clyde Gibson believe that it's up to the local sheriff of a community to decide if a cock fight can occur?

8. Explain the difference between a derby and a tournament in the sport of cockfighting.

9. Explain what buggy jugs were.

10. Describe the new kiln Louis Brown has built.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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