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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 happened to Dr. Brabson's feet after long medical trips in cold weather?
(a) They developed a rash.
(b) They froze to his to stirrups.
(c) They became swollen and sore.
(d) They developed blisters.

2. What was another name for the churn dash quilt pattern?
(a) The monkey wrench.
(b) The dasher.
(c) The butter maker.
(d) The butter pounder.

3. What award was won by the first book Foxfire Press published?
(a) A Caldecott Medal.
(b) A Christopher award.
(c) A Pulitzer Prize.
(d) A Nebula.

4. What became confining about the format of the Foxfire series?
(a) It required too many interviews per book.
(b) The books were too big.
(c) It got too repetitive.
(d) It limited the presentation of the topics.

5. What kind of glaze did Nola Campbell learn to put on her pottery?
(a) Her pots are unglazed.
(b) A thin, water-based glaze.
(c) A shellac.
(d) A glaze made of glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Edith Cannon's mother use as a backing for her quilts?

2. Who raised the sheep that produced the wool from which Edith Cannon's mother made her quilt batting?

3. Which of the following is not a form of payment that Henry Youngblood accepted for his herbal doctoring?

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

5. What was the customary occasion on which to give a "Dutch doll" quilt in the mountains?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. On what occasions were quilts given for gifts?

3. What reasons did Elliot Wigginton give in the Introduction for bringing the Foxfire series to an end with Foxfire 9?

4. What was "milk sickness"?

5. In what way was quilting a social event for mountain women?

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

7. What was Nola Campbell's childhood like?

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

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

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

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