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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Population.
(c) Natural resources.
(d) Economy.

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

4. Why is the wood for chairs usually gathered in the winter or fall?
(a) Because this is the time of year when the trees begin to slow their growing.
(b) Because sap levels are lowest then.
(c) This is when the barks show the best woods.
(d) It is the time best for allowing the trees to set out and cure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area do the people interviewed for Foxfire live?

2. What did Mrs. Watts' family use to make coffee?

3. What does Aunt Arie say she is going to make?

4. What do the students call the Dutch Oven?

5. What does Bill Lamb say a out the first chimney he ever built?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the instructions divided up in the chapter titled 'Building a Log Cabin?'

2. Where do the students go to find a rope bed?

3. What instructions does Aunt Arie give about making souse meat?

4. Describe what is explained about Chinking.

5. What are the uses for wood as it is described in the first chapter of the section titled "Wood?"

6. What do the different women interviewed have to say about making the soap?

7. Describe how the article "This is the Way I was Raised Up" was written.

8. What information is given in 'An Old Chair Maker Shows How?'

9. Describe what a 'rope bed' is.

10. What kind of information is to go into the Foxfire magazine?

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