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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Wigginton say is NOT a primary concern in the magazine?
(a) Proper English.
(b) Heritage.
(c) Communication.
(d) Historical Facts.

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

4. What would happen if the wood used in tight-fitting tools and other objects wasn't seasoned?
(a) The wood would shrink and pull away as it dried.
(b) The wood would draw insects to the fresh sap.
(c) The wood would warp and bend as it dried.
(d) The wood would begin to rot.

5. What does Aunt Arie say she is going to make?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Souse Meat.
(d) Jerky.

6. How long does it take the first printing of Foxfire to sell out?
(a) They never sell out.
(b) Six Months.
(c) One Week.
(d) One Month.

7. How do the authors say they have written down the information on building a log cabin?
(a) As a easily understood story.
(b) With detailed explanations.
(c) As a set of instructions.
(d) As a blue print.

8. How does Wigginton explain that the information in this book was originally given to the people that were interviewed?
(a) Passed generation to generation.
(b) People just seemed to know it.
(c) Written down in family Bibles.
(d) Sang about in songs.

9. In what area do the people interviewed for Foxfire live?
(a) Ozark Mountains.
(b) Kentucky Plains.
(c) Appalachian Mountains.
(d) Mississippi River.

10. What is Lon Reid said to still have?
(a) Active bee gum hives.
(b) An ox and cart.
(c) An old stihl.
(d) His mother and father's sorghum mill.

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

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

13. What were the earliest simple mattresses called?
(a) Pallets.
(b) Hay Mats.
(c) Feather Cushions.
(d) Rope Beds.

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

15. What does Mrs. Claude Darnell suggest might be the reason that there has been a revival in an interest in quilting?
(a) It is a novelty.
(b) Because it is a part of their heritage.
(c) Because people want to get back to the good old days.
(d) Because they have fond memories of their grandparents quilting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hickory was a very desirable wood but what was a drawback of this wood?

2. At the end of the interview what does the student say men like Lon live oblivious to?

3. When does Mrs. Carrie Dillard Garrison say that that she used to make her soap?

4. What is NOT included in the article 'Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on?'

5. What did the Editor do so that the contents were not altered for the story?

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