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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. Why does Louis Brown think that pottery is a dying business?
(a) The clay supply is dwindling.
(b) Too many other businesses are more profitable.
(c) People don't have time to learn the trade.
(d) It can be produced overseas more cheaply.

2. How did the Foxfire organization involve the community in their plans for the Mountain City project?
(a) By mailing out a survey to get community opinions.
(b) By asking for residents to submit blueprints for the project.
(c) By holding town meetings to solicit community input.
(d) By going door to door to interview residents.

3. Why did Foxfire want to interview Burlon Craig?
(a) He uses a water powered glass mill to grind glass for glazes.
(b) He is the country's most famous folk potter.
(c) He invented a new type of kiln.
(d) He is the oldest living potter.

4. What type of glaze is made of silt ashes and sand or powdered glass and water?
(a) Shanghai glaze.
(b) New England varnish.
(c) Canton glaze.
(d) Albany slip.

5. In what area(s) did Viola Lenoir work?
(a) Pharmacist.
(b) Post office clerk.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Chef, a nurse, and a nanny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ethnic heritage of Viola Lenoir's grandmothers?

2. What product did the Brown family start making during the Depression?

3. How does Burlon Craig's wife help with the family pottery business?

4. How old is Carrie Stewart?

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

(see the answer key)

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