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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Second Look At The Log Cabin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Aunt Arie call a "summer quilt"?
(a) A quilt with no filling or batting.
(b) A quilt made in the summer.
(c) A quilt with flowers or the sun embroidered on it.
(d) A quilt made of linen.

2. In what war did James Blair, the builder of the Rothell house, serve?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) The War of 1812.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Civil War.

3. What was the customary occasion on which to give a "Dutch doll" quilt in the mountains?
(a) As a gift for a new baby.
(b) As a Christmas gift.
(c) As a graduation gift.
(d) As a wedding gift.

4. What was the customary occasion on which to give a friendship quilt to someone in the Appalachian mountains in the 1890s?
(a) On their eighteenth birthday.
(b) To commemorate the birth of a child.
(c) At their wedding.
(d) On their birthday.

5. What was the subject of the first book published by Foxfire Press?
(a) Square dancing.
(b) Aunt Arie Carpenter.
(c) Raising hogs and chickens.
(d) Making lye soap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What remedy was used in the mountains for stings?

2. What did Henry Harrison Mayes set as his goal?

3. What job did D. B. Dayton and his family have at the Vogel Lumber Company?

4. According to the tale Ada Crone told Carol Ramey, what haunted the Roane graveyard and followed people around there?

5. How old was Nola Campbell when her father died?

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