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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened once the 99-year period for which Nola Campbell's tribe leased their land to the American government ended?

2. During the depression, which of the following was not a way the customers of Ed and Martha Roane could pay off their debt to the general store?

3. When Foxfire 9 was published, how many years had the Foxfire organization been in the Rabun County schools?

4. Where was Nola Campbell born?

5. When Flora's mother got shot in the shoulder, what kind of poultice was applied to her wound?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way was quilting a social event for mountain women?

2. What was Nola Campbell's childhood like?

3. What are some of the home remedies that Flora Youngblood's father, Henry, used?

4. What reasons did Elliot Wigginton give in the Introduction for bringing the Foxfire series to an end with Foxfire 9?

5. For what purpose did Flora Youngblood first learn to make baskets and from what did she make her baskets?

6. What kinds of books have been printed by Foxfire Press and what kinds of books does Foxfire Press plan to print in the future?

7. How have fictional stories treated foxfire and other glowing plants?

8. How did quilts illustrate the self-reliance and ingenuity of Appalachian women?

9. From whom did Nola Campbell learn to make pottery?

10. What does foxfire feel like and where are the best places to find it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the racial prejudice that Nola Campbell and her family experience over the years because of their Catawba Indian heritage. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of superstition in Foxfire 9 and compare and contrast the Native American superstitions that Nola Campbell mentions in her interview with the superstitions others mention in their interviews. Include the superstitions mentioned in the section on folk remedies and the superstitions mentioned in the section on haint tales and other scary stories.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the stores and business practices of the general store owners featured in Foxfire 9: The Moore family, Patton D. Queen, Roy Roberts, and Earl Gillespie.

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