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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 happened after Henry Harrison Mayes attended the strip show?
2. Of what material was the building that housed Jud's business made?
3. What job did D. B. Dayton and his family have at the Vogel Lumber Company?
4. In what season of the year did most of Jud's blacksmith customers pay for the work Jud had done for them?
5. What work did Jud do with mules for many of his neighbors?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways was the Rothell home a gathering place for people in the community?
2. What tales arose in the Appalachian mountains over the years about rabid dogs?
3. What tales arose over the years about panthers in the wild of the Appalachian mountains and how did dogs and horses help mountaineers escape panther attacks?
4. At what specific place did Charles Phillips feel led to pray and how did he use pebbles to record information about the people for whom he prayed?
5. What object was left at Charles Phillips' funeral and how did that object help commemorate Phillips' ministry?
6. What happened to D. B. Dayton's mother to cripple her?
7. 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?
8. What home remedies were used in Jud Nelson's youth to ward off the flu?
9. What was a madstone and how was it used to treat rabies?
10. How did Jud Nelson's Uncle John once teach another blacksmith that blacksmiths have to pay attention to what they're doing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the concept of the general store with a modern grocery store. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Flora Youngblood weaves baskets from honeysuckle vines. Discuss how Flora makes baskets and how basket weaving in the Appalachian mountains and the demand for baskets has changed from the nineteenth century to the present day. 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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