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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the ethnic background of Nola Campbell's father?
(a) He was African American.
(b) He was full Catawba Indian.
(c) He was Caucasian.
(d) He was Japanese.

2. What was the subject of the first book published by Foxfire Press?
(a) Aunt Arie Carpenter.
(b) Square dancing.
(c) Raising hogs and chickens.
(d) Making lye soap.

3. What did the variety of embroidery stitches used by a young woman in quilting traditionally indicate about the woman?
(a) That she was an old maid.
(b) That she was creative.
(c) That she was a good seamstress and eligible for marriage.
(d) That she was a hard worker.

4. What did Captain Irish Bill Moore and his wife Hattie often have to battle?
(a) Mice that infested the general store.
(b) Roughriders or bandits.
(c) Competition from other stores.
(d) Ants that infested the general store.

5. In what year was Flora Youngblood born?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. What New York publisher published the Foxfire series, of which Foxfire 9 is a part?

2. Who wrote the Introduction to Foxfire 9?

3. What remedy was used in the mountains for constipation?

4. How did the number of accounts held by women at the Moore's general store compare to the number of accounts held by men?

5. What were crazy quilts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What troubles did Irish Bill Moore have with roughriders after the Civil War?

2. On what occasions were quilts given for gifts?

3. What was the difference between a summer quilt and a winter quilt?

4. How did quilts illustrate the self-reliance and ingenuity of Appalachian women?

5. What was Nola Campbell's childhood like?

6. Why did Nola Campbell spend part of her childhood on the Catawba Indian reservation?

7. What are some of the home remedies that Flora Youngblood's father, Henry, used?

8. Why did Roy Roberts build a kiln and how did the business that resulted from the building of his kiln fare?

9. Describe the education Flora Youngblood received as a child.

10. What were some of the unusual features of Nola Campbell's pottery?

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