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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 what branch of the military did Jud serve in the 1940s?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Air Force.

2. When did the Foxfire organization purchase the Rothell house as a restoration project?
(a) In 1983.
(b) In 2010.
(c) In 2000.
(d) In 1959.

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

4. What job did D. B. Dayton and his family have at the Vogel Lumber Company?
(a) Selling the lumber.
(b) Lumber stacking.
(c) Saw operating.
(d) Fire watching to make sure no fires burned the rail fences.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Henry Harrison Mayes promise God he would do if he survived the accident in his youth?

2. When did Charles Phillips learn to read?

3. What did the people interviewed in Foxfire 9 say that the scream of a panther sounds like?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were some mountain superstitions reported in the chapter entitled "Haint Tales and Other Scary Stories" in Foxfire 9?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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