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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was "This is the Way I was Raised Up" written on?
(a) Cardboard Box.
(b) Tissue.
(c) Small piece of paper.
(d) Back of the People Magazine.

3. What do the students ask about making homemade soap that makes Pearl Martin laugh?
(a) They ask what colors she can make.
(b) They ask about putting perfume in it.
(c) They ask if it is better than dial soap.
(d) They ask where she got her recipe.

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

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

6. What do the students call the Dutch Oven?
(a) A bread pan.
(b) Cake slab.
(c) One of the most useful cooking utensils.
(d) A timeless invention.

7. What was used for bread when cornmeal and wheat could not be ground?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Corn.
(c) Onions.
(d) Chestnuts.

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

9. What were early chimneys called?
(a) Stick-and-Mud chimneys.
(b) Possum cages.
(c) Smoke stacks.
(d) Brick Rock chimenys

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

11. What ailment does Aunt Arie have according to the author?
(a) Deaf due to fever.
(b) Blind due to cataracts.
(c) Paralyzed due to stroke.
(d) Crazy due to living in the woods alone.

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

13. How were things fried?
(a) Hot coals were raked onto the hearth and the pan put on it.
(b) The pan was put into the middle of the fire.
(c) The pan was suspended on a metal frame 3-5 inches above.
(d) Depended on the meat.

14. Where is Aunt Arie's husband at the time the story is written?
(a) No one is sure.
(b) Sick in bed.
(c) Off working.
(d) Dead.

15. What does the term 'Dressing' refer to?
(a) Getting dressed.
(b) Smoothing surfaces of boards and beams.
(c) Bandaging up wounds while working.
(d) Painting and detailing finished works.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Watts say she and her brothers received one Christmas from Santa Clause?

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

3. What does Aunt Arie say she will do with the eyes?

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

5. What has caused the loss of the fine art of building a genuine log cabin?

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