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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 Mrs. Algie Norton say makes the best Hominy?

2. What did the students promise not to print in their interview?

3. How is Daniel Manous described in the first line of the chapter titled 'Daniel Manous?'

4. What does Grady Waldroop cut off of the turkey and leave for the old man along with a note?

5. What does Scrapple taste like according to Mrs. Mann Norton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story of 'The Buzzard and the Dog.'

2. Explain the reasons that hogs were the mountain people's main meat.

3. Explain the process of drying and why it was done.

4. Explain how cracklin's are made.

5. Describe the story that Bill Lamb tells about why they remove the eyes from the hog's head before cooking it.

6. Describe Daniel's home and how Daniel is described.

7. What is Daniel's story about that he tells the students?

8. Describe the hoop snake.

9. How does Taylor Crockett say that bear meat was divided up?

10. Explain the basic differences between curing and smoking.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) What is the author's purpose in the Foxfire Book?

Part 2) Is that purpose accomplished? Explain why or why not.

Part 3) Could this book easily be made into a continuation in current day times? Would it be popular as it was when it was originally published? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Many of the people in the book are described as self-sufficient.

Part 1) Describe what it means to be self-sufficient.

Part 2) How is being self-sufficient today different from that of Aunt Arie or Hillard Green? Explain.

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