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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might happen if there wasn't a proper footing on the chimney?
(a) It might tilt away from the house or collapse.
(b) It could catch on fire.
(c) It wouldn't draw properly.
(d) Animals would burrow under it.

2. Why does the author, Paul Gillespie, say he is apprehensive about meeting Aunt Arie for the first time?
(a) He believed she would not welcome him.
(b) He had heard she was very ill.
(c) He knew she was crazy.
(d) He didn't know what to expect.

3. What did Mrs. Watts' family use to make coffee?
(a) Peanuts.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Chestnuts.
(d) Cornmeal.

4. What does Aunt Arie say she will do with the eyes?
(a) Grind them up in the sausage.
(b) Throw them away.
(c) Put them in a soup.
(d) Use them to make jelly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the students responsible for getting when Foxfire is first started?

2. What does Foxfire first start out as?

3. Who are the students NOT told to interview for Foxfire?

4. What are Aunt Arie's stories said to be "spiced" with?

5. What was said would happen to a young girl that slept under a new quilt?

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