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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of grease does Pearl Martin say she usually likes to use in her soap, although you can use most any kind?
(a) Hog grease.
(b) Whatever she has on hand.
(c) Chicken grease.
(d) Mutton tallow.

2. What was Eliot Wigginton's job at the time that he helped to start Foxfire?
(a) High School Teacher.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Reporter.
(d) Carnival Worker.

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

4. When does Mrs. Lester Norton say that they changed the straw in her straw mattress?
(a) Right before flu season hits.
(b) Whenever it got flat.
(c) Whenever a new one is needed.
(d) Thrashing time each year.

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

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

7. What does Bill Lamb say a out the first chimney he ever built?
(a) It lasted one winter and fell appart.
(b) It'd smoke apossum out'a th' house.
(c) It took a year to build.
(d) A tornado took it a week after it was built.

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

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

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

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

12. What two things were said to have been brought to the forests our ancestors settled in the chapter titled "Tools and Skills?"
(a) Tools and faith.
(b) Tools and igenuity.
(c) Knowledge and determination.
(d) Love and hope.

13. 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) Because they were hungry.
(c) They wondered what it tasted like.
(d) Her father didn't believe in killing something for no reason.

14. 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) Ecosystem.
(b) Natural resources.
(c) Population.
(d) Economy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT needed for hewing?

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

3. What kind of ashes does Pearl Martin say they typically used?

4. What had the Foxfire magazine's purpose started out being when they looked into writing about quilts?

5. What would happen if the wood used in tight-fitting tools and other objects wasn't seasoned?

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