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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. At what holiday would D. B. Dayton's father get drunk?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Easter.
(d) Halloween.
2. What did Jud's father do for a living?
(a) He was a preacher.
(b) He was a carpenter and cotton farmer.
(c) He was a hotel cook.
(d) He was a banker.
3. What food sweetener did Jud's father make?
(a) Honey.
(b) Sorghum syrup.
(c) Cane sugar.
(d) Maple syrup.
4. What fee did D. B. Dayton's father and D. B. himself have to pay to vote?
(a) A voting booth access fee.
(b) Homeowner's taxes.
(c) Poll taxes.
(d) Cab fare to the poll.
5. What work did D. B. Dayton do for the WPA during the Depression?
(a) Surveyed land and made maps.
(b) Built roads & hauled acid wood, tanbark, and fence posts.
(c) Grew cotton.
(d) Built a bridge.
6. What kind of shoes did D. B. Dayton wear in the summer as a child?
(a) Tennis shoes.
(b) None, he went barefoot.
(c) Flip-flops.
(d) Sandals.
7. What did Jud Nelson's uncle do for a living?
(a) He was a physician.
(b) He was a deputy sheriff.
(c) He was a piano teacher.
(d) He was a blacksmith, a fiddle player, and a wood carver.
8. From what profession did Henry Harrison Mayes retire?
(a) Farming.
(b) Coal mining.
(c) Practicing law.
(d) Teaching.
9. What was the only time of the year that D. B. Dayton's family used the eggs they raised on their farm?
(a) On New Year's Day.
(b) On Christmas.
(c) On Easter when the eggs would be dyed.
(d) On D. B.'s birthday.
10. In what war did James Blair, the builder of the Rothell house, serve?
(a) The War of 1812.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The Revolutionary War.
(d) World War I.
11. What was a reason people interviewed in Foxfire 9 gave for panthers entering homes?
(a) Searching for food.
(b) To follow dogs or cats indoors.
(c) To get warm during cold weather.
(d) To get dry during rainy weather.
12. What kind of mill did Jud and his uncle build?
(a) A sawmill.
(b) A coffee mill.
(c) A syrup mill.
(d) A gristmill.
13. 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) Their hunting dogs or the rearing of their horses.
(d) They would make loud noises to scare the panthers away.
14. 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.
15. What did D. B. Dayton and his family eat for dinner when they picked clay peas?
(a) Pinto beans and cornbread.
(b) Fried chicken and mashed potatoes.
(c) Catfish and turnip greens.
(d) Buttermilk and baked sweet potatoes.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much did Jud pay for his first business?
2. What kind of accident was Henry Harrison Mayes involved in when he was a young man?
3. At what specific place did Charles Phillips one day feel compelled to go pray?
4. What did other blacksmiths ride a horse ten or fifteen miles to get Jud's uncle to do for them?
5. What work did Jud do with mules for many of his neighbors?
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