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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Aunt Arie's stories said to be "spiced" with?
(a) Exagerations.
(b) Lies.
(c) Local gossip.
(d) Quaint Euphemisms.

2. Which of the following national groups have supported Foxfire?
(a) N.R.A.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) People.
(d) Discovery.

3. What does Mrs. Watts say her dolls were made from?
(a) Animal Hide.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Animal Bones.
(d) Hay.

4. What does Bill Lamb say a out the first chimney he ever built?
(a) It lasted one winter and fell appart.
(b) A tornado took it a week after it was built.
(c) It took a year to build.
(d) It'd smoke apossum out'a th' house.

5. What is the last thing that Mrs. Watts describes in her essay?
(a) The first car her family ever saw.
(b) When her brother's got married.
(c) When her parents died.
(d) The first time she left her home to go to the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Foxfire established?

2. What does Wigginton say is NOT a primary concern in the magazine?

3. How long does it take the first printing of Foxfire to sell out?

4. In what area do the people interviewed for Foxfire live?

5. Why does Aunt Arie explain that she doesn't want to cut the eye if she can help it?

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