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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nola Campbell - Catawba Indian Potter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Roy Roberts build kilns?
(a) To make charcoal.
(b) To make pottery.
(c) To burn coal.
(d) To bake bread.

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

3. When was the fishtail pattern quilt donated to Foxfire by Aunt Arie Carpenter made?
(a) During the Depression.
(b) In 1950.
(c) In the 1860s.
(d) During World War I.

4. What remedy was used in the mountains for constipation?
(a) Chamomile tea.
(b) Butcher's bloom tea.
(c) Honey.
(d) Castor oil.

5. What office did Nola Campbell's husband Raymond Harris have in the tribe for three years?
(a) He was the tribe's accountant.
(b) He was the tribe's police chief.
(c) He was chief of the tribe.
(d) He was the tribe's medicine man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were crazy quilts?

2. Who taught Nola Campbell to make pottery?

3. During the depression, which of the following was not a way the customers of Ed and Martha Roane could pay off their debt to the general store?

4. What award was won by the first book Foxfire Press published?

5. What disease did Flora Youngblood cure by saying a Bible verse and blowing in the mouth of the afflicted for three days in a row?

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