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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. With what Indian tribe did the county in which the Rothell house was originally built make treaties to obtain the land?
(a) The Comanche.
(b) The Iroquois.
(c) The Sioux.
(d) The Cherokee.

2. What helped people interviewed in Foxfire 9 escape panthers when they were being pursued by these wild animals?
(a) They would enter a stream since panthers don't like water.
(b) Their hunting dogs or the rearing of their horses.
(c) They outran the panthers.
(d) They would make loud noises to scare the panthers away.

3. How did D. B. Dayton's mother become crippled?
(a) She was in a car wreck.
(b) She fell down the stairs and injured her leg.
(c) She had polio as a child.
(d) A childhood incident broke her spine.

4. What did D. B. Dayton's family sell for extra money during his childhood?
(a) Walnuts.
(b) Apples.
(c) Sassafras.
(d) Dogs.

5. What did Henry Harrison Mayes promise God he would do if he survived the accident in his youth?
(a) Deliver God's word.
(b) Become a physician.
(c) Build the town a new church.
(d) Give his money to the poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Jud pay for his first business?

2. What fruit did D. B. Dayton not know how to peel the first time he ate one?

3. What kind of business did Jud open at age twenty-two?

4. In what branch of the military did Jud serve in the 1940s?

5. What kind of accident was Henry Harrison Mayes involved in when he was a young man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Foxfire organization get the Rothell cabin from its original location to Mountain City and why did the organization not complete its restoration of the cabin?

2. What two things could Jud Nelson's Uncle John do particularly well as a blacksmith?

3. What incident in Henry Harrison Mayes's youth led to his desire to bring the word of God to others?

4. What home remedies were used in Jud Nelson's youth to ward off the flu?

5. What changes did the Rothell family make to the upstairs of their home during Mitch Anderson's youth and why did they make those changes?

6. What tales arose over the years about panthers in the wild of the Appalachian mountains and how did dogs and horses help mountaineers escape panther attacks?

7. What was a madstone and how was it used to treat rabies?

8. In what ways was the Rothell home a gathering place for people in the community?

9. How did Jud Nelson get started in the blacksmithing business?

10. What role did cotton play in Jud Nelson's family life when Jud was a boy?

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