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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. 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?
(a) He trusted his customers to remember how much they owed.
(b) He drew pictures of the items purchased.
(c) He relied on his memory.
(d) He hired a clerk who could read and write to track his debts.

2. With what animals did a boy once pay Roy Roberts?
(a) Bears.
(b) Foxes.
(c) Possums.
(d) Skunks.

3. Which of the following is not a form of payment that Henry Youngblood accepted for his herbal doctoring?
(a) A credit card.
(b) Barter.
(c) A service.
(d) Money.

4. What was the customary occasion on which to give a "Dutch doll" quilt in the mountains?
(a) As a gift for a new baby.
(b) As a Christmas gift.
(c) As a graduation gift.
(d) As a wedding gift.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In making a traditional fan quilt, why did the lines of stitching have to be close together?

2. From what country did the Moore family emigrate in 1740?

3. In making a traditional fan quilt, what was considered a sign of a sloppy quilter?

4. With what have glowing plants like foxfire been associated over the ages?

5. What remedy was used in the mountains for stings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. On what occasions were quilts given for gifts?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How have fictional stories treated foxfire and other glowing plants?

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

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

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