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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Sleepers?
(a) Sky-lights.
(b) Hide-a-beds.
(c) Floor beams of the cabin.
(d) Tools that are used to create notches.

2. What was the Black Gum NOT used for?
(a) Toothbrushes.
(b) Bee gums.
(c) Guitars.
(d) Wagon Wheels.

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

4. What is NOT needed for hewing?
(a) Mallet.
(b) Foot adze.
(c) Broadaxe.
(d) Pole axe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was "This is the Way I was Raised Up" written on?

2. Which of the following national groups have supported Foxfire?

3. What was Eliot Wigginton's job at the time that he helped to start Foxfire?

4. What does Wigginton suggest could be an answer to student failure?

5. Why is the wood for chairs usually gathered in the winter or fall?

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