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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what material did D. B. Dayton and his family make clotheslines on which to hang their hand washed clothing during D. B.'s childhood?
(a) Rawhide.
(b) Metal chains.
(c) Rope.
(d) Telephone wires.

2. 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) Stole the baby from a carriage and took it to the nest.
(d) Bit the baby's face.

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

4. What were panthers sometimes called in the mountains of Appalachia?
(a) Critters.
(b) Panters.
(c) Painters.
(d) Monsters.

5. When Jud was seventeen, for whom did he work?
(a) The local sheriff.
(b) The local tanner.
(c) The local preacher.
(d) A local blacksmith.

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 his grandparents' home.
(d) At home.

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

8. In what branch of the military did Jud serve in the 1940s?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Marines.

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. What work did D. B. Dayton do for the WPA during the Depression?
(a) Built a bridge.
(b) Surveyed land and made maps.
(c) Built roads & hauled acid wood, tanbark, and fence posts.
(d) Grew cotton.

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

15. What was the only time of the year that D. B. Dayton's family used the eggs they raised on their farm?
(a) On D. B.'s birthday.
(b) On New Year's Day.
(c) On Christmas.
(d) On Easter when the eggs would be dyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season of the year did most of Jud's blacksmith customers pay for the work Jud had done for them?

2. What did Henry Harrison Mayes set as his goal?

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

4. When was Jud Nelson born?

5. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes set a goal to put signs on other planets?

(see the answer keys)

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