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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 food sweetener did Jud's father make?
(a) Honey.
(b) Maple syrup.
(c) Sorghum syrup.
(d) Cane sugar.

2. How much money have Henry Harrison Mayes and his wife put into his signs?
(a) Nearly $75,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $1,000
(d) $500.

3. Which of the following activities was not attributed to panthers in Foxfire 9?
(a) Sleeping in a henhouse.
(b) Stealing and eating babies.
(c) Chasing a midwife as she traveled home.
(d) Chasing a woman on horseback.

4. Of what material was the building that housed Jud's business made?
(a) Logs.
(b) Brick.
(c) Tin.
(d) Adobe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did other blacksmiths ride a horse ten or fifteen miles to get Jud's uncle to do for them?

2. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes once attend a strip show?

3. According to Ruth Holcomb, how long did people in her youth think it would take a person to go mad after being bitten by a rabid dog?

4. What did D. B. Dayton's family sell for extra money during his childhood?

5. According to Ruth Holcomb, what did a bald eagle do to a baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what specific place did Charles Phillips feel led to pray and how did he use pebbles to record information about the people for whom he prayed?

2. 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?

3. What tales arose in the Appalachian mountains over the years about rabid dogs?

4. What kind of syrup did Jud Nelson's father and uncles make and for what was the syrup used during Jud's youth?

5. What kind of work did D. B. Dayton do for the WPA during the Depression?

6. What object was left at Charles Phillips' funeral and how did that object help commemorate Phillips' ministry?

7. 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?

8. What kind of work did D. B. Dayton do on the family farm as a child?

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

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

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