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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 were panthers sometimes called in the mountains of Appalachia?
(a) Panters.
(b) Monsters.
(c) Painters.
(d) Critters.

2. What did Henry Harrison Mayes set as his goal?
(a) Earning a college degree after age thirty.
(b) Bringing the word of God to everyone on earth.
(c) Learning how to be a blacksmith.
(d) Owning a general store.

3. What was done with the broken item left at Charles Phillips's funeral?
(a) It was burned in a bonfire.
(b) It was placed with the other stones at the praying rock.
(c) It was discarded.
(d) It was buried with Charles Phillips.

4. What did Charles Phillips do for a living?
(a) He raised thoroughbred horses.
(b) He was a missionary Baptist preacher.
(c) He was a physician.
(d) He owned a general store.

5. From which U.S. president did Henry Harrison Mayes solicit assistance in getting the highway department to allow him to place his signs?
(a) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jud and his siblings receive new shoes, cheese, and soda?

2. What home remedies did D. B. Dayton's family use for illnesses?

3. What work did Jud do with mules for many of his neighbors?

4. What does Mitch Anderson recall there being in front of the Rothell cabin in his youth?

5. When did the Rothell house get electricity installed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What unique ministry did Henry Harrison Mayes develop for bringing the word of God to others?

3. How did a call to preach help Charles Phillips learn to read?

4. What role did the Rothell house have in the lives of local teachers?

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

6. 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?

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

8. What did D. B. Dayton's family do during his childhood to earn extra money?

9. How did Jud Nelson's Uncle John once teach another blacksmith that blacksmiths have to pay attention to what they're doing?

10. 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?

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