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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 other blacksmiths ride a horse ten or fifteen miles to get Jud's uncle to do for them?

2. What did Charles Phillips do for a living?

3. What would Charles Phillips do if he couldn't sleep?

4. According to Ethel Corn, how did Octy Mcall scare away a panther she found sitting in her open cabin window?

5. According to Ruth Holcomb, how long did people in her youth think it would take a person to go mad after being bitten by a rabid dog?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes once attend a strip show and what consequences arose because of his going to the show?

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

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

5. 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?

6. How did a call to preach help Charles Phillips learn to read?

7. How did Jud Nelson's Uncle John once teach another blacksmith that blacksmiths have to pay attention to what they're doing?

8. In what ways was the Rothell home a gathering place for people in the community?

9. 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?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the racial prejudice that Nola Campbell and her family experience over the years because of their Catawba Indian heritage. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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