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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things were said to have been brought to the forests our ancestors settled in the chapter titled "Tools and Skills?"
(a) Love and hope.
(b) Tools and igenuity.
(c) Tools and faith.
(d) Knowledge and determination.

2. What does Mrs. Pearl Martin say she does to clean her straw bed?
(a) She hangs it up and gives it a thrashing.
(b) She puts new straw in it once a year.
(c) She takes a wet cloth and wets it down.
(d) She takes the straw out and suns it then puts it back in.

3. What does Mrs. Watts say was their reaction to the gifts that Santa Clause had left them?
(a) They were pleased.
(b) They were too sick to enjoy them.
(c) They had wanted more but didn't say anything.
(d) The objects were hid away and saved as if gold.

4. What was Eliot Wigginton's job at the time that he helped to start Foxfire?
(a) Carnival Worker.
(b) Reporter.
(c) High School Teacher.
(d) Preacher.

5. What were many of the tools made out of that the pioneers used?
(a) Rock.
(b) Blood, sweat, and tears.
(c) Wood.
(d) Metal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meat does Aunt Arie say she doesn't want?

2. Which of these is NOT used as an acceptable wood for making the chairs?

3. What does Mrs. Harriet Echols say was done to clean a rope bed?

4. What was the Black Gum NOT used for?

5. What were early chimneys called?

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