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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many copies of Foxfire are printed the very first time it is printed?
(a) Two Hundred.
(b) Six Hundred.
(c) A Thousand.
(d) They Lost Count.

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

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

4. 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 people want to get back to the good old days.
(c) Because it is a part of their heritage.
(d) Because they have fond memories of their grandparents quilting.

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

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

7. Why does the author, Paul Gillespie, say he is apprehensive about meeting Aunt Arie for the first time?
(a) He believed she would not welcome him.
(b) He had heard she was very ill.
(c) He didn't know what to expect.
(d) He knew she was crazy.

8. What does Aunt Arie ask the students to do when they walk into her house for the first time?
(a) Remove the eyes from a hog's head.
(b) Kill a snake.
(c) Gut a chicken.
(d) Build a fire.

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

10. What happened to the once plentiful Chestnut trees?
(a) Bugs.
(b) Global warming.
(c) Blight.
(d) Cut down by farmers.

11. What did a chimney have to do so that it didn't smoke?
(a) Have a hole under it to let the ashes fall out.
(b) Face southeast.
(c) Go straight up.
(d) Draw.

12. Where did Lon learn to make chairs?
(a) He learned on his own.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His grandmother.

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

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

15. What is NOT included in the article 'Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on?'
(a) Instructions.
(b) Places to buy your own hand crafted feather bed.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Diagrams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Foxfire first start out as?

3. Why is green wood put on after the fire has caught?

4. What two things are white oak splits traditionally used for?

5. What does Mrs. Watts say her dolls were made from?

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