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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Foxfire researchers, what amount of money did most people spend in the Moore general store during the course of a year in the early days of the store's operation?
(a) Less than ten dollars.
(b) Fifty to a hundred dollars.
(c) One to two hundred dollars.
(d) Ten to twenty dollars.

3. What Appalachian photographer photographed Appalachian mountain scenes during the Depression and left a collection of photographs that Foxfire Press wants to publish?
(a) Amos McGee.
(b) R. A. Romanes.
(c) Tom Whitfield.
(d) Horace Jamison.

4. In making a traditional fan quilt, why did the lines of stitching have to be close together?
(a) To hold the cotton padding in place.
(b) To hold the fan appliques onto the quilt squares.
(c) To outline the fan shape.
(d) To look like embroidery.

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

6. 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) On their birthday.
(c) At their wedding.
(d) To commemorate the birth of a child.

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

8. 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?
(a) Helping with the cattle.
(b) Weaving cloth.
(c) Working in the sawmill or gristmill.
(d) Working the farm or tending the gardens.

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

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

11. What materials were used by Aunt Arie Carpenter in the making of most of her quilts?
(a) Scraps of material from neighbors' clothing.
(b) Wool woven at her home.
(c) Scraps from her family's clothing.
(d) Gingham and calico bought at the general store.

12. What was the name of the general store the Moore family established?
(a) The Fort Hembree store.
(b) The Rabun Gap General Store.
(c) Moore's General Store.
(d) The Moore Grocery Store.

13. What other business did John Moore run in addition to his general store?
(a) A blacksmith shop.
(b) A tannery.
(c) A flour mill.
(d) A coffee mill.

14. What information did quilters traditionally embroider on their quilt squares when making a friendship quilt?
(a) The name of the recipient of the quilt.
(b) The name and birthdate of the recipient of the quilt.
(c) Their name and perhaps the date.
(d) Good wishes for the recipient of the quilt.

15. How were the topics to be featured in the new series of books from Foxfire Press determined?
(a) By letting the people interviewed vote on the topics.
(b) By picking topics at random.
(c) By running a contest on the Internet.
(d) By distributing a questionnaire to the magazine subscribers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ethnic background of Nola Campbell's father?

2. How did the number of accounts held by women at the Moore's general store compare to the number of accounts held by men?

3. How much education did Frank Moore receive?

4. What happened once the 99-year period for which Nola Campbell's tribe leased their land to the American government ended?

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

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