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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Friendship Quilts typically have stitched on them?
(a) The names of those quilting.
(b) A name for the person whom the quilt would be given.
(c) A verse from the Bible.
(d) The date the quilt was created.

2. What does Mrs. Watts say her brothers used pine to build?
(a) Wagon.
(b) Bikes.
(c) Sled.
(d) Bows and Arrows.

3. How many copies of Foxfire are printed the very first time it is printed?
(a) Two Hundred.
(b) A Thousand.
(c) They Lost Count.
(d) Six Hundred.

4. What did a chimney have to do so that it didn't smoke?
(a) Draw.
(b) Have a hole under it to let the ashes fall out.
(c) Face southeast.
(d) Go straight up.

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

6. What does Wigginton suggest could be an answer to student failure?
(a) Parent Involvement.
(b) Inventive Teaching.
(c) A Hobby
(d) Pride in Thier Community.

7. What kind of ashes does Pearl Martin say they typically used?
(a) Hickory.
(b) Cherry.
(c) White Oak.
(d) Pine.

8. What is NOT included in the article 'Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on?'
(a) Places to buy your own hand crafted feather bed.
(b) Diagrams.
(c) Instructions.
(d) Pictures.

9. Which of these methods was not a way to cure wood?
(a) Stack the Lumber Crosswise.
(b) Use Dry Kiln.
(c) Boil.
(d) Salt the Ends.

10. What often attacked fresh chinking in chimneys?
(a) Bees.
(b) Birds.
(c) Rodents.
(d) Wasps.

11. What kind of vehicle drives past Mrs. Watts and her family?
(a) An Old Jalopy.
(b) A Large Pickup.
(c) T-Model Ford.
(d) An Army Vehicle.

12. 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.

13. What do the students say is one reason why they have asked Beulah to help them make a basket?
(a) Because she makes good cakes.
(b) Because they enjoy her company.
(c) She has offered.
(d) So they can learn from her.

14. What did the sign read when the students reached Lon Reid's property?
(a) No revenuers.
(b) Beware of Bees.
(c) No trespassing.
(d) Beware of Dogs.

15. When does Mrs. Algie Norton say she saw her first real mattress?
(a) When she was about ten or twelve.
(b) When her daughter got married.
(c) She has never seen a real mattress.
(d) When she was grown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Sleepers?

2. Why does Aunt Arie say she never left her home?

3. What does Foxfire first start out as?

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

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

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