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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jud's father do for a living?
(a) He was a preacher.
(b) He was a hotel cook.
(c) He was a carpenter and cotton farmer.
(d) He was a banker.

2. What animal did Ada Crone think followed her home from the circus?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A hyena.
(c) A panda.
(d) A tiger.

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

4. With what Indian tribe did the county in which the Rothell house was originally built make treaties to obtain the land?
(a) The Sioux.
(b) The Comanche.
(c) The Iroquois.
(d) The Cherokee.

5. What kind of shoes did D. B. Dayton wear in the summer as a child?
(a) Flip-flops.
(b) Tennis shoes.
(c) None, he went barefoot.
(d) Sandals.

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

7. According to Ruth Holcomb, what did a bald eagle do to a baby?
(a) Adopted the baby as an eaglet and brought it worms to eat.
(b) Snatched some of the baby's hair for its nest.
(c) Bit the baby's face.
(d) Stole the baby from a carriage and took it to the nest.

8. What did D. B. Dayton's family do with the eggs they raised on their farm?
(a) Gave them to poor families to eat.
(b) Traded them for other staples.
(c) Became chicken breeders.
(d) Sold them to chicken breeders.

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

10. How did D. B. Dayton's mother become crippled?
(a) She had polio as a child.
(b) A childhood incident broke her spine.
(c) She was in a car wreck.
(d) She fell down the stairs and injured her leg.

11. Why was restoration of the Rothell house not completed by the Foxfire organization?
(a) The house caught on fire and was destroyed.
(b) The house was too damaged by age and termites.
(c) They sold the house to another organization.
(d) They ran out of money.

12. What helped people interviewed in Foxfire 9 escape panthers when they were being pursued by these wild animals?
(a) They would enter a stream since panthers don't like water.
(b) They outran the panthers.
(c) They would make loud noises to scare the panthers away.
(d) Their hunting dogs or the rearing of their horses.

13. How did the Rothell family get hot water?
(a) They boiled it on the stove.
(b) Their stove had a water tank to provide hot water.
(c) They heated it in the fireplace.
(d) They had hot and cold running water via their plumbing.

14. What work did Jud do with mules for many of his neighbors?
(a) He shoed them.
(b) He ploughed with them.
(c) He groomed them.
(d) He bought and sold and traded them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Jud Nelson born?

2. Which of the following activities was not attributed to panthers in Foxfire 9?

3. From which U.S. president did Henry Harrison Mayes solicit assistance in getting the highway department to allow him to place his signs?

4. What kind of work did Jud do in the military?

5. What was the only time of the year that D. B. Dayton's family used the eggs they raised on their farm?

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