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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. Where was Nola Campbell born?

2. How did the number of accounts held by women at the Moore's general store compare to the number of accounts held by men?

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

4. What did the variety of embroidery stitches used by a young woman in quilting traditionally indicate about the woman?

5. Why did Nola Campbell only attend school through the fifth grade?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was the difference between a summer quilt and a winter quilt?

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

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

8. How did Bob McCall keep track of his customers' credit purchases in his general store when he couldn't read or write?

9. Explain what foxfire is and what makes it glow.

10. Why did Nola Campbell spend part of her childhood on the Catawba Indian reservation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of quilting in Appalachia as a female social event, folk art, and practical use of old and worn clothing. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the foxfire plant including what makes it glow and the mystical and magical stories about the plant and witches and elves. What does Clyde Hollifield think foxfire is? Why do you think the Foxfire organization decided to name the organization after this glowing fungus? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

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