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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What New York publisher published the Foxfire series, of which Foxfire 9 is a part?
(a) Springer Verlach.
(b) Berkley Jove.
(c) Random House.
(d) Doubleday.

2. Who wrote the Introduction to Foxfire 9?
(a) Elliot Wigginton.
(b) Joyce Carol Oates.
(c) Earl Hamner.
(d) John Gresham.

3. How did many of the Moore's customers pay their bills at the general store?
(a) With loans from the Moore family.
(b) With scrip from the coal mines.
(c) With goods and services instead of cash.
(d) With credit cards.

4. What kind of quilt did Edith Cannon's mother make all six of her daughters?
(a) A Dresden plate quilt.
(b) A Dutch doll quilt.
(c) A drunkard's path quilt.
(d) An Irish chain quilt.

5. How old was Nola Campbell when her father died?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Forty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

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

7. 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 graduation gift.
(c) As a wedding gift.
(d) As a Christmas gift.

8. What kind of work did Nola Campbell do at age 6?
(a) She worked the cotton fields.
(b) She groomed horses.
(c) She babysat for neighboring families.
(d) She helped her mother sew and knit.

9. What was the third book published by Foxfire Press?
(a) A Baptist hymnal.
(b) A book of mountain toys and games.
(c) A book of herbal remedies.
(d) A book on gunsmithing.

10. How did the number of accounts held by women at the Moore's general store compare to the number of accounts held by men?
(a) All accounts were held by women.
(b) No accounts were held by women.
(c) Most accounts were held by women.
(d) Few accounts were held by women.

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

12. What trade did Frank Moore have to learn because his family was so poor?
(a) Pottery making.
(b) Trapping animals for fur trading.
(c) Blacksmithing.
(d) Gunsmithing.

13. What kind of glaze did Nola Campbell learn to put on her pottery?
(a) A shellac.
(b) Her pots are unglazed.
(c) A glaze made of glass.
(d) A thin, water-based glaze.

14. Which of the following was not an ingredient in the home remedies listed in Foxfire 9?
(a) Apples.
(b) Castor oil.
(c) Kerosene.
(d) Roses.

15. What did Edith Cannon's mother use as a backing for her quilts?
(a) Wool.
(b) Old denim overalls.
(c) Cotton sheets.
(d) Feed sacks dyed with Rit dye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What oral history play was published by Foxfire Press?

2. 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?

3. Who taught Nola Campbell to make pottery?

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

5. In making a traditional fan quilt, what was considered a sign of a sloppy quilter?

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