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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Charles Phillips learn to read?
(a) In 1956 when he was called by God to serve as a preacher.
(b) As a young boy in school.
(c) In 1960 after he married a woman who could read.
(d) In his fifties thanks to a literacy tutor.

2. What kind of work did Jud do in the military?
(a) Journalism for military publications.
(b) Blacksmithing.
(c) He was in the infantry.
(d) Medical work.

3. What food sweetener did Jud's father make?
(a) Sorghum syrup.
(b) Maple syrup.
(c) Honey.
(d) Cane sugar.

4. What was done with the broken item left at Charles Phillips's funeral?
(a) It was burned in a bonfire.
(b) It was buried with Charles Phillips.
(c) It was discarded.
(d) It was placed with the other stones at the praying rock.

5. What kind of mill did Jud and his uncle build?
(a) A syrup mill.
(b) A coffee mill.
(c) A sawmill.
(d) A gristmill.

6. Where was D. B. Dayton cared for when he developed tuberculosis as a child?
(a) At a sanitarium.
(b) At a hospital.
(c) At home.
(d) At his grandparents' home.

7. What did Jud Nelson's uncle do for a living?
(a) He was a deputy sheriff.
(b) He was a blacksmith, a fiddle player, and a wood carver.
(c) He was a physician.
(d) He was a piano teacher.

8. When did Jud and his siblings receive new shoes, cheese, and soda?
(a) At Christmas.
(b) On their birthdays.
(c) At Easter.
(d) Whenever their father sold cotton.

9. What home remedies did D. B. Dayton's family use for illnesses?
(a) Chamomile tea and ginseng.
(b) Sulfur, molasses, and alum.
(c) Turpentine, castor oil, salts, and soot.
(d) Honey and dandelion greens.

10. Which of the following activities was not attributed to panthers in Foxfire 9?
(a) Chasing a woman on horseback.
(b) Sleeping in a henhouse.
(c) Chasing a midwife as she traveled home.
(d) Stealing and eating babies.

11. When was the large log cabin called the Rothell house originally built?
(a) In 1912.
(b) In 1890.
(c) In 1989.
(d) In the 1700s.

12. When did the Foxfire organization purchase the Rothell house as a restoration project?
(a) In 1983.
(b) In 1959.
(c) In 2010.
(d) In 2000.

13. What would Charles Phillips do if he couldn't sleep?
(a) Drink warm milk.
(b) Read his Bible and pray.
(c) Play checkers.
(d) Play his banjo.

14. How much money have Henry Harrison Mayes and his wife put into his signs?
(a) Nearly $75,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $1,000
(d) $500.

15. At what specific place did Charles Phillips one day feel compelled to go pray?
(a) A certain rock outside his home.
(b) A certain tree in his apple orchard.
(c) The northernmost corner of his cornfield.
(d) The southeastern corner of his bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what kind of beds did D. B. Dayton and his family sleep during D. B.'s childhood?

2. When was Jud Nelson born?

3. What did Jud's family use during his childhood to ward off flu?

4. When Jud was seventeen, for whom did he work?

5. What did the people interviewed in Foxfire 9 say that the scream of a panther sounds like?

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