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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were crazy quilts?
(a) Friendship quilts, personalized and presented as a gift.
(b) Quilts with both stripes and polka dots.
(c) Quilts stitched in a hurry.
(d) Quilts made in asymmetrical patterns.

3. With what animals did a boy once pay Roy Roberts?
(a) Bears.
(b) Foxes.
(c) Skunks.
(d) Possums.

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

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

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

7. What did Nola Campbell and her sisters use as baby dolls when they were too poor to have real dolls?
(a) Kittens and puppies.
(b) A stick they clothed in scraps of cloth.
(c) A cornshuck.
(d) Two pieces of cloth with a string tied around them.

8. When was Flora taught was the best time to gather honeysuckle vines?
(a) At night.
(b) At daybreak.
(c) In the spring.
(d) In the winter.

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

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

11. When was the general store operated by Patton D. Queen opened?
(a) In the 1800s.
(b) In the 1700s.
(c) In the early 1900s.
(d) In the 1950s.

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

13. What was another name for the churn dash quilt pattern?
(a) The monkey wrench.
(b) The dasher.
(c) The butter maker.
(d) The butter pounder.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raised the sheep that produced the wool from which Edith Cannon's mother made her quilt batting?

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

3. When Nola Campbell's sister cut off Nola's toe during their childhood, what did their mother use on the wound?

4. What did Aunt Arie call a "summer quilt"?

5. From what country did the Moore family emigrate in 1740?

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