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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. Which of the following are not ingredients Henry Youngblood used in his herbal remedies?
(a) Aluminum.
(b) Alum.
(c) Hog lard.
(d) Whiskey.

2. Who wrote the articles in the Foxfire series?
(a) High school teachers in Rabun County, Gerogia.
(b) College history professors.
(c) High school students in Rabun County, Georgia.
(d) Professional authors hired by the Foxfire organization.

3. When was the general store operated by Patton D. Queen opened?
(a) In the 1700s.
(b) In the 1800s.
(c) In the early 1900s.
(d) In the 1950s.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the variety of embroidery stitches used by a young woman in quilting traditionally indicate about the woman?

3. What was the last Foxfire book to be published under the contract with the New York Publisher?

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. What did Aunt Arie call a "summer quilt"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe some of the quilt patterns mentioned in Foxfire 9.

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

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

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

7. What goods were sold at the Fort Hembree store operated by the Moore family and what do the ledgers of the store from the 1840s reveal about the shopping habits of the era?

8. What was Nola Campbell's childhood like?

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

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

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