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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is crucial when making splits?
(a) Making each split even.
(b) Picking the correct timber.
(c) Making the splits long enough.
(d) Making clean cuts.

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

3. What was NOT added to the clay to help the chinking in the chimney set up more quickly?
(a) Barley
(b) Rye
(c) Wheat
(d) Rice

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

5. What is the fireplace once said to have been?
(a) Something that was often overlooked.
(b) What brought families together.
(c) The very center of home life.
(d) A fanciful thing that people desired.

6. How far does Mrs. Watts say they had to travel to see the car?
(a) One Mile.
(b) Five Miles.
(c) She was too little to recal how far.
(d) Over the Mountain a far piece.

7. Which of these is NOT used as an acceptable wood for making the chairs?
(a) Maple.
(b) Oak.
(c) Ash.
(d) Pine.

8. Why is green wood put on after the fire has caught?
(a) It gives off more heat and lasts longer.
(b) It was easier to find.
(c) It saves the seasoned wood.
(d) It gives the food a better taste.

9. What do the students say that quilting patterns are like?
(a) Ballads.
(b) Family stories.
(c) Rumors.
(d) Folk lore and legends.

10. In the beginning of 'Wood,' what does the author say is the most vital factor in determining the way of life of a self-sufficient people in a particular area?
(a) Economy.
(b) Population.
(c) Natural resources.
(d) Ecosystem.

11. Why does Beulah say that she has had a possum head cooked for her in her past?
(a) As a reward for good behavior.
(b) Her father didn't believe in killing something for no reason.
(c) Because they were hungry.
(d) They wondered what it tasted like.

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

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

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

15. 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) Sang about in songs.
(c) People just seemed to know it.
(d) Written down in family Bibles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the last thing that Mrs. Watts describes in her essay?

3. Where is Aunt Arie's husband at the time the story is written?

4. What did a chimney have to do so that it didn't smoke?

5. What do the Friendship Quilts typically have stitched on them?

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