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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mitch Anderson recall there being in front of the Rothell cabin in his youth?
(a) A large maple tree.
(b) A peony bush.
(c) A statue.
(d) A garden.

3. How did the Foxfire organization document the rebuilding of the house?
(a) They tape recorded interviews with the builders.
(b) They took pictures of each step in the process.
(c) They videotaped the process.
(d) They kept a diary of the process.

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

5. At what holiday would D. B. Dayton's father get drunk?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Memorial Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

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

7. What kind of accident was Henry Harrison Mayes involved in when he was a young man?
(a) A hunting accident.
(b) A mining accident.
(c) A train accident.
(d) An automobile accident.

8. What did D. B. Dayton's family sell for extra money during his childhood?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Apples.
(c) Walnuts.
(d) Sassafras.

9. During Mitch Anderson's youth, who lived in the little house that was behind the Rothell house?
(a) Sarah Elrod, the Rothell family servant.
(b) The Rothell family's eldest son and his wife.
(c) Mrs. Rothell's mother and father.
(d) Mr. Rothell's mother.

10. When did the Rothell house get electricity installed?
(a) After Mitch Anderson got home from World War II.
(b) During the Depression.
(c) In 1953.
(d) In 1980.

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

12. What job did D. B. Dayton and his family have at the Vogel Lumber Company?
(a) Fire watching to make sure no fires burned the rail fences.
(b) Lumber stacking.
(c) Saw operating.
(d) Selling the lumber.

13. What did the people interviewed in Foxfire 9 say that the scream of a panther sounds like?
(a) A police siren.
(b) A nail on a blackboard.
(c) A crying baby.
(d) The scream of a human being.

14. What broken item was left at Charles Phillips's funeral?
(a) A clock.
(b) A bottle top that belonged to an alcoholic preacher.
(c) A pocket watch.
(d) A crystal flower vase.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ruth Holcomb, how long did people in her youth think it would take a person to go mad after being bitten by a rabid dog?

2. How much money have Henry Harrison Mayes and his wife put into his signs?

3. How did the Rothell family get hot water?

4. Of what material was the building that housed Jud's business made?

5. What did Charles Phillips do for a living?

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