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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term 'Dressing' refer to?

2. How long does it take to produce coals?

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason that someone might receive a blanket?

4. What was the Black Gum NOT used for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "Aunt Arie", what does the author suggest might be the reasons for the void between youth and the older generations which the author felt?

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

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

4. Describe what Emma Jean sees when she sits in on a quilting circle and what the women tell her about the quilting circles.

5. What kind of questions do the girls ask Pearl Martin?

6. Describe the Friendship Quilt.

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

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

9. Describe what a 'rope bed' is.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Pick on person that was interviewed for the Foxfire Book to do another interview with. Which person did you pick and why?

Part 2) What subject would you be interested in finding out about that could easily fit into the Foxfire Book themes? Why did you pick that subject and how does it fit?

Essay Topic 2

There are many different homes that are described in the book.

Part 1) Which home seems the most unique to you? Explain why this home stuck out for you.

Part 2) What is significant about knowing that Daniel Manous lived in a bread truck?

Part 3) Does knowing where these people live affect the reader's thoughts about the person? Explain why or why not and how.

Essay Topic 3

Though certain subjects are given an entire article all to itself there are many subjects that are repeatedly looked at throughout the book.

Part 1) Name three subjects that are discussed, at least in a minor detail, throughout the book.

Part 2) Pick one of these three subjects and speculate on why it tied in to so many different areas in the book.

Part 3) Would it have been possible to have written the book without this subject? Explain.

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