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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the section of Foxfire 9 entitled "The General Store," how did the illiterate general store owner keep track of outstanding debts owed to him for items his customers had purchased on credit?
(a) He hired a clerk who could read and write to track his debts.
(b) He trusted his customers to remember how much they owed.
(c) He relied on his memory.
(d) He drew pictures of the items purchased.

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

3. Which of the following was not a quilt pattern traditionally made in Appalachia?
(a) The spider web.
(b) The cat's paw.
(c) The Joseph coat of many colors.
(d) The log cabin.

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

5. What became confining about the format of the Foxfire series?
(a) It got too repetitive.
(b) The books were too big.
(c) It limited the presentation of the topics.
(d) It required too many interviews per book.

6. Where was Nola Campbell born?
(a) Her family's log cabin.
(b) In the back room of a general store.
(c) The Catawba Indian Reservation.
(d) A hospital.

7. What was the last Foxfire book to be published under the contract with the New York Publisher?
(a) Foxfire 10.
(b) Foxfire 9.
(c) Foxfire 20.
(d) Foxfire 15.

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

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

10. What did Aunt Arie call a "summer quilt"?
(a) A quilt made in the summer.
(b) A quilt with no filling or batting.
(c) A quilt with flowers or the sun embroidered on it.
(d) A quilt made of linen.

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

12. 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 graduation gift.
(d) As a gift for a new baby.

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

14. 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) Ten to twenty dollars.
(b) Less than ten dollars.
(c) Fifty to a hundred dollars.
(d) One to two hundred dollars.

15. What award was won by the first book Foxfire Press published?
(a) A Nebula.
(b) A Christopher award.
(c) A Pulitzer Prize.
(d) A Caldecott Medal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the topics to be featured in the new series of books from Foxfire Press determined?

2. Which of the following was not an ingredient in the home remedies listed in Foxfire 9?

3. What Appalachian photographer photographed Appalachian mountain scenes during the Depression and left a collection of photographs that Foxfire Press wants to publish?

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

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

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