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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 ailment does Aunt Arie have according to the author?

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

3. 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?

4. Why does the author, Paul Gillespie, say he is apprehensive about meeting Aunt Arie for the first time?

5. Where did Lon learn to make chairs?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what a 'rope bed' is.

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

4. How is Beulah's house described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Should all of this book be considered non-fiction even though there is no proof that many of the things in the book are fact? Explain.

Part 2) What role does folklore and legends have in the book?

Essay Topic 2

There is a lot of solitude talked about in the story.

Part 1) What does it indicate that so many of the people in the story talked about their solitude or the fact that they were cut off from the world?

Part 2) What seems to be the main reason for the solitude that people endured?

Part 3) What does it appear that the solitude gave the people?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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