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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Harriet Echols say was done to clean a rope bed?
(a) They never needed cleaning.
(b) There was new material laid over the rope frame when needed.
(c) The rope was replaced every two to five years.
(d) The rope was boiled every spring.

2. What does Foxfire first start out as?
(a) Small Newspaper.
(b) Oral Report.
(c) Book Series.
(d) Magazine.

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

4. What has caused the loss of the fine art of building a genuine log cabin?
(a) Trend toward an easier life.
(b) European influence.
(c) Desire for unique looking houses.
(d) Lack of trees.

5. When does Mrs. Carrie Dillard Garrison say that that she used to make her soap?
(a) In the spring time.
(b) Whenever she got dirty enough.
(c) Whenever they had enough ashes.
(d) When she had enough lard.

6. How long do the students say it took them to gather information about building the log cabin?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A full year.
(c) Six months.
(d) An entire summer.

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

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

9. At the end of the interview what does the student say men like Lon live oblivious to?
(a) That there are skyscrapers covering the world.
(b) That the world has changed so much in the past 100 years.
(c) That men are on the moon.
(d) That there is anything unique about Lon's life.

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

11. What was made from the white oak splits that were made during the article 'White Oak Splits?'
(a) A jug.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A large chair.
(d) Two baskets.

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

13. What are Aunt Arie's stories said to be "spiced" with?
(a) Quaint Euphemisms.
(b) Exagerations.
(c) Local gossip.
(d) Lies.

14. Why does Aunt Arie explain that she doesn't want to cut the eye if she can help it?
(a) Black stuff will run out onto everything.
(b) It's bad luck.
(c) It will give the souse meat a rancid flavor.
(d) It is sticky.

15. What does Mrs. Watts say was their reaction to the gifts that Santa Clause had left them?
(a) They had wanted more but didn't say anything.
(b) The objects were hid away and saved as if gold.
(c) They were pleased.
(d) They were too sick to enjoy them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Mrs. Watts say they had to travel to see the car?

2. What is the fireplace once said to have been?

3. What does Wigginton say is NOT a primary concern in the magazine?

4. What does the term 'Dressing' refer to?

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

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