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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Wood".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Aunt Arie say she never left her home?
(a) She felt as if someone was coming.
(b) She was too scared.
(c) She couldn't stand to leave her home.
(d) This is where her stuff was.

2. Who are the students NOT told to interview for Foxfire?
(a) Parents .
(b) Area Residents.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) Historians.

3. Why does Aunt Arie explain that she doesn't want to cut the eye if she can help it?
(a) It is sticky.
(b) Black stuff will run out onto everything.
(c) It's bad luck.
(d) It will give the souse meat a rancid flavor.

4. What does Mrs. Watts say she and her brothers received one Christmas from Santa Clause?
(a) Three pieces of candy and an orange.
(b) An apple and a bag of marbles.
(c) Pig tails and a lump of coal.
(d) A candy bar and some new socks.

5. What happened to the once plentiful Chestnut trees?
(a) Bugs.
(b) Global warming.
(c) Cut down by farmers.
(d) Blight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author, Paul Gillespie, say he is apprehensive about meeting Aunt Arie for the first time?

2. What does Aunt Arie ask the students to do when they walk into her house for the first time?

3. How does Wigginton explain that the information in this book was originally given to the people that were interviewed?

4. What was the Black Gum NOT used for?

5. Where is Aunt Arie's husband at the time the story is written?

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