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

2. What was a madstone?
(a) A blue stone used to treat depression.
(b) A stone from a deer's stomach that was used to cure rabies.
(c) A white stone worn to ward off diptheria.
(d) A stone thought to cure insanity in people.

3. At what holiday would D. B. Dayton's father get drunk?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

4. What did Charles Phillips believe it meant when he couldn't sleep?
(a) That he was developing a cold or flu.
(b) That someone he loved was in danger.
(c) That someone needed his prayers at that moment.
(d) That he was tense about something.

5. What kind of mill did Jud and his uncle build?
(a) A gristmill.
(b) A syrup mill.
(c) A coffee mill.
(d) A sawmill.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did the Foxfire organization purchase the Rothell house as a restoration project?

4. How much money have Henry Harrison Mayes and his wife put into his signs?

5. What kind of shoes did D. B. Dayton wear in the summer as a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What kinds of foods did D. B. Dayton and his family eat during D. B.'s childhood?

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

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

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

8. What happened to D. B. Dayton's mother to cripple her?

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

10. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes once attend a strip show and what consequences arose because of his going to the show?

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