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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. According to Foxfire researchers, what amount of money did most people spend in the Moore general store during the course of a year in the early days of the store's operation?
(a) Ten to twenty dollars.
(b) One to two hundred dollars.
(c) Less than ten dollars.
(d) Fifty to a hundred dollars.

2. Why did Roy Roberts build kilns?
(a) To burn coal.
(b) To make charcoal.
(c) To make pottery.
(d) To bake bread.

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

4. What New York publisher published the Foxfire series, of which Foxfire 9 is a part?
(a) Berkley Jove.
(b) Doubleday.
(c) Springer Verlach.
(d) Random House.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Flora learn to boil honeysuckle vines with to remove the bark?

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

3. What business did Earl Gillespie operate in addition to a general store?

4. What did Captain Irish Bill Moore and his wife Hattie often have to battle?

5. In what year was Flora Youngblood born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does foxfire feel like and where are the best places to find it?

3. What was a crazy quilt?

4. What was Nola Campbell's childhood like?

5. What was "milk sickness"?

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

7. How did Flora Youngblood's father, Henry, learn herbal healing?

8. What domestic tasks did Flora Youngblood learn to do from her mother?

9. Explain what foxfire is and what makes it glow.

10. On what occasions were quilts given for gifts?

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