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

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

3. How long does it take to produce coals?
(a) Three hours.
(b) An hour.
(c) Twenty minutes.
(d) You have to check the fire periodically.

4. Why is it suggested that the foundation be at least 18" high?
(a) Termites won't go any higher than 18"
(b) No one is sure.
(c) To prevent small animals from entering the house.
(d) To be well above the water satuation point.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wigginton suggest could be an answer to student failure?

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

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

4. What ailment does Aunt Arie have according to the author?

5. What do the students call the Dutch Oven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the last paragraph in the section titled 'Wood' say about wood and the mountain men?

2. What skills and tools are told about for building a log cabin?

3. Why do the students realize that it would be impossible to give a set a blue prints for each cabin?

4. What is explained to the reader about picking the correct timber for making white oak splits?

5. Describe what a 'rope bed' is.

6. What are the students responsible for doing for the magazine?

7. What are some of the things that Lon is noted for doing?

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

9. Describe the differences between using the fire in the winter and in the warmer months.

10. What does Aunt Arie tell the students about her parents?

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