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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. When Foxfire 9 was published, how many years had the Foxfire organization been in the Rabun County schools?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Eight.

2. What religion was Nola Campbell's family?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Hindu.
(c) Mormon.
(d) Catholic.

3. What other business did John Moore run in addition to his general store?
(a) A coffee mill.
(b) A tannery.
(c) A blacksmith shop.
(d) A flour mill.

4. What remedy was used in the mountains for stings?
(a) Salt.
(b) A milkweed poultice.
(c) A dandelion green poultice.
(d) Castor oil.

5. From what country did the Moore family emigrate in 1740?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the depression, which of the following was not a way the customers of Ed and Martha Roane could pay off their debt to the general store?

2. What remedy was used in the mountains for hiccups?

3. What was the ethnic background of Nola Campbell's mother?

4. In the section of Foxfire 9 entitled "The General Store," how did the illiterate general store owner keep track of outstanding debts owed to him for items his customers had purchased on credit?

5. How many copies of the Foxfire books have been printed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. From whom did Nola Campbell learn to make pottery?

3. For what purpose did Flora Youngblood first learn to make baskets and from what did she make her baskets?

4. What was Nola Campbell's childhood like?

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

6. How did Bob McCall keep track of his customers' credit purchases in his general store when he couldn't read or write?

7. What does Clyde Hollifield think foxfire is and how does he use it to make a body of water glow?

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

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

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

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