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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 work did Jud do with mules for many of his neighbors?
(a) He shoed them.
(b) He ploughed with them.
(c) He bought and sold and traded them.
(d) He groomed them.

2. Where was D. B. Dayton cared for when he developed tuberculosis as a child?
(a) At a hospital.
(b) At home.
(c) At his grandparents' home.
(d) At a sanitarium.

3. Why was restoration of the Rothell house not completed by the Foxfire organization?
(a) They ran out of money.
(b) The house was too damaged by age and termites.
(c) The house caught on fire and was destroyed.
(d) They sold the house to another organization.

4. 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) Richard Nixon.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Harry Truman.

5. When Jud was seventeen, for whom did he work?
(a) The local sheriff.
(b) A local blacksmith.
(c) The local preacher.
(d) The local tanner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Charles Phillips do if he couldn't sleep?

2. What broken item was left at Charles Phillips's funeral?

3. What job did D. B. Dayton and his family have at the Vogel Lumber Company?

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

5. Which of the following activities was not attributed to panthers in Foxfire 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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