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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. How does Wigginton explain that the information in this book was originally given to the people that were interviewed?
(a) Written down in family Bibles.
(b) Sang about in songs.
(c) Passed generation to generation.
(d) People just seemed to know it.

2. What does Pearl Martin say about the coloring of homemade soap?
(a) It is always a darker color.
(b) It depends on the ingredients used.
(c) It is almost clear.
(d) It never came out looking the same twice.

3. What would happen if the wood used in tight-fitting tools and other objects wasn't seasoned?
(a) The wood would warp and bend as it dried.
(b) The wood would shrink and pull away as it dried.
(c) The wood would begin to rot.
(d) The wood would draw insects to the fresh sap.

4. What do the Friendship Quilts typically have stitched on them?
(a) The date the quilt was created.
(b) The names of those quilting.
(c) A name for the person whom the quilt would be given.
(d) A verse from the Bible.

5. What tool is needed for drilling holes?
(a) Go-Devil.
(b) Mallet.
(c) Drawing knife.
(d) Auger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was said would happen to a young girl that slept under a new quilt?

2. What year was Foxfire established?

3. Why does Beulah say that she has had a possum head cooked for her in her past?

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

5. What does Mrs. Watts say her brothers used pine to build?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what is explained about Chinking.

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

3. How does Mrs. Watts describe Christmas and the children's reactions to their gifts?

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

5. Explain how the Watt's family lived.

6. What are a few of the tales that are told about Chimneys from those interviewed in 'Chimney Building?'

7. Describe the Friendship Quilt.

8. How is Beulah's house described?

9. How are Dutch Ovens used?

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

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