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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 did the people interviewed in Foxfire 9 say that the scream of a panther sounds like?
2. How did D. B. Dayton's mother become crippled?
3. From what material did D. B. Dayton and his family make clotheslines on which to hang their hand washed clothing during D. B.'s childhood?
4. What kind of business did Jud open at age twenty-two?
5. What did Henry Harrison Mayes set as his goal?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Jud Nelson get started in the blacksmithing business?
2. What was a madstone and how was it used to treat rabies?
3. What incident in Henry Harrison Mayes's youth led to his desire to bring the word of God to others?
4. What kind of work did D. B. Dayton do on the family farm as a child?
5. What home remedies were used in Jud Nelson's youth to ward off the flu?
6. In what ways was the Rothell home a gathering place for people in the community?
7. What were some mountain superstitions reported in the chapter entitled "Haint Tales and Other Scary Stories" in Foxfire 9?
8. What role did cotton play in Jud Nelson's family life when Jud was a boy?
9. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes once attend a strip show and what consequences arose because of his going to the show?
10. How did the Foxfire organization get the Rothell cabin from its original location to Mountain City and why did the organization not complete its restoration of the cabin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the depiction of women in Foxfire 9. Are any of the women interviewed in positions of leadership? What characteristics and roles are ascribed to women in the Appalachian mountain community? Do the men in the mountains treat the women as equals or do they try to dominate them? Cite at least three examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how Nola Campbell makes her pottery and how her pottery differs from other folk pottery in Appalachia. Who taught Nola to make her pottery and how has her Native American heritage influenced her pottery? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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