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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Southern Folk Pottery: The Wilson, Hewell, and Brown Potteries (through page 384).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the founder of the Foxfire organization?
(a) Anna Tut.
(b) Cheever Meaders.
(c) Eliot Wigginton.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

2. Why don't Mountain City residents want to build something that would draw increased tourists to their community?
(a) They want to tear down the town and move elsewhere.
(b) They don't want more traffic, noise or fast food restaurants.
(c) They want more factories instead.
(d) They don't like outsiders visiting them.

3. When Harvey Penland was a child, how long was his school year?
(a) Nine months.
(b) Two months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three months.

4. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Folk pottery is not a mountain craft by nature.
(b) Folk pottery does not exist in Appalachia.
(c) Folk pottery originated in the Appalachian mountains.
(d) An abundance of folk potters exist.

5. What kind of clay does Henry Wilson use in his pottery?
(a) Kaolin.
(b) Green clay.
(c) Alluvial clay.
(d) Powdered clay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What product does Foxfire make and market to its magazine subscribers through their blacksmith program for local high school students?

2. From whom did Monteen Wilson learn pottery?

3. Which of the following statements describes Irene Smith's skill with the pottery wheel?

4. At what age was Bruce Mosley's grandmother Polly freed from slavery?

5. Who was the person hired to coordinate the development of manuscripts for Foxfire Press for one year?

(see the answer key)

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