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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Flora when she got married?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Thirty.

2. In what year was Flora Youngblood born?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1906.

3. What happened to Dr. Brabson's feet after long medical trips in cold weather?
(a) They developed blisters.
(b) They froze to his to stirrups.
(c) They became swollen and sore.
(d) They developed a rash.

4. Why have reviewers stopped reviewing the new books in the Foxfire series?
(a) They can find little new to say about the series.
(b) They hate the series.
(c) They think the series has received too much publicity.
(d) They think the series is too old-fashioned.

5. What did Captain Irish Bill Moore and his wife Hattie often have to battle?
(a) Ants that infested the general store.
(b) Roughriders or bandits.
(c) Mice that infested the general store.
(d) Competition from other stores.

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

7. When Nola Campbell's sister cut off Nola's toe during their childhood, what did their mother use on the wound?
(a) Chamomile tea.
(b) Apple cider vinegar.
(c) Hydrogen peroxide.
(d) Pine resin, spiderweb, and soot.

8. When was the general store operated by Ed and Martha Roane opened?
(a) In 1927.
(b) In 1850.
(c) In 1959.
(d) In 1713.

9. How many children did Nola Campbell's parents have?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) Seven.

10. As a young girl, what did Flora learn to make from honeysuckle vines?
(a) Wreaths.
(b) Baskets.
(c) A healing tea.
(d) A dye for wool.

11. What did Roy Roberts, another owner of a general store, sell to the train engineers as they drove through his town?
(a) Ham.
(b) Socks and shoes.
(c) Cake.
(d) Coffee.

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

13. What was the second book published by Foxfire Press?
(a) A collection of traditional mountain songs.
(b) A collection of ghost stories.
(c) A book of quilt patterns.
(d) A cookbook of traditional mountain recipes.

14. What cure was used by Annie Henry for a nosebleed?
(a) Holding ice under the nose.
(b) Letting the nose bleed on a knife and then burying the knife.
(c) Holding ice on the back of the head.
(d) Tea made from dandelion greens.

15. What did Flora learn to boil honeysuckle vines with to remove the bark?
(a) Baking soda.
(b) Turpentine.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Washing powder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the variety of embroidery stitches used by a young woman in quilting traditionally indicate about the woman?

2. Which of the following was not a quilt pattern traditionally made in Appalachia?

3. What were the fascinators sold in general stores?

4. In making a traditional fan quilt, why did the lines of stitching have to be close together?

5. What kind of glaze did Nola Campbell learn to put on her pottery?

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