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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem arose due to the books in the Foxfire series presenting a range of topics in each volume?
(a) Too many photographs and drawings were needed.
(b) There were not enough interviewees for each volume.
(c) The number of interviews overwhelmed the staff.
(d) No single topic could be treated in depth.

2. Which of the following is not a form of payment that Henry Youngblood accepted for his herbal doctoring?
(a) A service.
(b) Money.
(c) A credit card.
(d) Barter.

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

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

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

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

7. What oral history play was published by Foxfire Press?
(a) Mountaineers Majestic.
(b) Georgia's Finest Family.
(c) Cabbagetown, Three Women.
(d) The Story of David.

8. What was the ethnic background of Nola Campbell's mother?
(a) She was Caucasian.
(b) She was Chinese.
(c) She was Cherokee Indian.
(d) She was African American.

9. 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.

10. Who wrote the chapter in Foxfire 9 entitled "Foxfire--What Is It"?
(a) Eliot Wigginton.
(b) Earl Hamner.
(c) John Gresham.
(d) Curt Haban.

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

12. From what country did the Moore family emigrate in 1740?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) England.

13. What office did Nola Campbell's father have in the church?
(a) He was a deacon.
(b) He was the pastor.
(c) He was the choir director.
(d) He taught Sunday school.

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

15. What Christmas gifts did Nola Campbell receive as a child?
(a) Toys.
(b) New shoes, fruit, and nuts.
(c) New dresses and a coat.
(d) Apples, raisins, and a few pennies.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Flora's mother got shot in the shoulder, what kind of poultice was applied to her wound?

2. What happened to Dr. Brabson's feet after long medical trips in cold weather?

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

4. What kind of quilt did Edith Cannon's mother make all six of her daughters?

5. Who taught Nola Campbell to make pottery?

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