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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Ethel Corn, how did Octy Mcall scare away a panther she found sitting in her open cabin window?
(a) By screaming loudly and banging her pots and pans.
(b) With a pan of boiling water.
(c) With fire.
(d) By throwing a knife at the panther.

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

5. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes set a goal to put signs on other planets?
(a) He once saw a UFO.
(b) He believes it's his divine mission.
(c) He always wanted to be an astronaut.
(d) He believes this planet will be used up soon.

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

7. Of what material was the building that housed Jud's business made?
(a) Brick.
(b) Logs.
(c) Adobe.
(d) Tin.

8. What kind of mill did D. B. Dayton's grandfather own?
(a) A syrup mill.
(b) A gristmill.
(c) A paper mill.
(d) A sawmill.

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

10. What product did D.B. Dayton sell that earned him enough money to build a store?
(a) Produce.
(b) Timber.
(c) Fish.
(d) Hogs.

11. What did Jud begin working on in 1934?
(a) Wagons.
(b) Tractors.
(c) Boats.
(d) Houses.

12. What work did Jud's wife Jenny do before she married?
(a) She was a cook.
(b) She was a schoolteacher.
(c) She was a musician.
(d) She was a nurse.

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

14. What did Jud's family use during his childhood to ward off flu?
(a) Epsom salts.
(b) Castor oil.
(c) A mixture of sorghum and sulfur.
(d) Honey and turpentine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What work did Jud do with mules for many of his neighbors?

2. What did other blacksmiths ride a horse ten or fifteen miles to get Jud's uncle to do for them?

3. Why was restoration of the Rothell house not completed by the Foxfire organization?

4. What happened after Henry Harrison Mayes attended the strip show?

5. How did D. B. Dayton's mother become crippled?

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