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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 Jud was seventeen, for whom did he work?

2. How much money have Henry Harrison Mayes and his wife put into his signs?

3. What did Henry Harrison Mayes set as his goal?

4. What did Charles Phillips believe it meant when he couldn't sleep?

5. What fee did D. B. Dayton's father and D. B. himself have to pay to vote?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of work did D. B. Dayton do for the WPA during the Depression?

2. What kind of medical care did D. B. Dayton receive during his childhood?

3. What kind of syrup did Jud Nelson's father and uncles make and for what was the syrup used during Jud's youth?

4. What kind of work did D. B. Dayton do on the family farm as a child?

5. What two things could Jud Nelson's Uncle John do particularly well as a blacksmith?

6. What did D. B. Dayton's family do during his childhood to earn extra money?

7. What kinds of foods did D. B. Dayton and his family eat during D. B.'s childhood?

8. What tales arose in the Appalachian mountains over the years about rabid dogs?

9. What were some mountain superstitions reported in the chapter entitled "Haint Tales and Other Scary Stories" in Foxfire 9?

10. What object was left at Charles Phillips' funeral and how did that object help commemorate Phillips' ministry?

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

Discuss the layout and furnishing of the Ruthell's log cabin. What things does the cabin illustrate about mountain life in the early twentieth century? Why do you think the Foxfire organization wants to restore this cabin? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

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