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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. How many children did Nola Campbell's parents have?

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. How did many of the Moore's customers pay their bills at the general store?

4. What problem arose due to the books in the Foxfire series presenting a range of topics in each volume?

5. Who taught Nola Campbell to make pottery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Nola Campbell's childhood like?

2. What does Clyde Hollifield think foxfire is and how does he use it to make a body of water glow?

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

4. What were some of the Indian superstitions Nola Campbell encountered on the Catawba reservation?

5. Describe some of the quilt patterns mentioned in Foxfire 9.

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

7. What was a crazy quilt?

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

9. What was "milk sickness"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Foxfire 9 is the last in a series of books published by Doubleday. In the future, the Foxfire organization plans to print books through its own publishing house. Discuss the Foxfire publishing house and how the titles Foxfire hopes to print through its own publishing house will differ in focus from Foxfire 9. What advantages will having their own publishing house bring to Foxfire organization? What advantages will Foxfire's publishing house bring to the Appalachian community? How will having their own publishing house further the Foxfire mission? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of family in Foxfire 9. How important is family in a rural community? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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