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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. When was the general store operated by Ed and Martha Roane opened?
2. What was another name for the churn dash quilt pattern?
3. What Christmas gifts did Nola Campbell receive as a child?
4. When Flora's mother got shot in the shoulder, what kind of poultice was applied to her wound?
5. What information did quilters traditionally embroider on their quilt squares when making a friendship quilt?
Short Essay Questions
1. What domestic tasks did Flora Youngblood learn to do from her mother?
2. What was "milk sickness"?
3. Why did Roy Roberts build a kiln and how did the business that resulted from the building of his kiln fare?
4. Why did Nola Campbell spend part of her childhood on the Catawba Indian reservation?
5. How did Ed and Martha Roane help their customers get through the depression?
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. What does Clyde Hollifield think foxfire is and how does he use it to make a body of water glow?
8. What are some of the home remedies that Flora Youngblood's father, Henry, used?
9. How did quilts illustrate the self-reliance and ingenuity of Appalachian women?
10. Describe the education Flora Youngblood received as a child.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Carolyn Stradley's life with Flora Youngblood's life and Nola Campbell's life.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the concept of oral traditions and the oral passing down of cultural, agricultural, and artistic knowledge from one generation to the next as illustrated in Foxfire 9. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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