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

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

3. What was the third book published by Foxfire Press?
(a) A book of herbal remedies.
(b) A book on gunsmithing.
(c) A book of mountain toys and games.
(d) A Baptist hymnal.

4. Why did Nola Campbell only attend school through the fifth grade?
(a) She had to work to support her family.
(b) She got ill and had to stay home.
(c) Her parents didn't believe in formal education for girls.
(d) Indians weren't allowed to go further in school.

5. What cure was used by Annie Henry for a nosebleed?
(a) Holding ice under the nose.
(b) Tea made from dandelion greens.
(c) Letting the nose bleed on a knife and then burying the knife.
(d) Holding ice on the back of the head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the fascinators sold in general stores?

2. What information did quilters traditionally embroider on their quilt squares when making a friendship quilt?

3. Who wrote the Introduction to Foxfire 9?

4. What kind of work did Nola Campbell do at age 6?

5. What was the ethnic background of Nola Campbell's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Ed and Martha Roane help their customers get through the depression?

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

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

6. On what occasions were quilts given for gifts?

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

8. What were some of the Indian superstitions Nola Campbell encountered on the Catawba reservation?

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

10. What was a crazy quilt?

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