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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of dances were held at the Mountain City hotels in the 1930's?
(a) Square dances.
(b) Ballroom dances.
(c) Waltzes.
(d) Ballet dances.

2. From where did Arie Meaders' paternal ancestors originate?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ireland.

3. How old is Harley Penland?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Eighty-three.
(c) Ninety.
(d) Sixty-two.

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

5. Why do most people pursue folk pottery?
(a) As a business activity.
(b) As an artistic or creative endeavor.
(c) As a way to relax.
(d) As a recreational activity.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did Cheever Meaders use iron lifters?

2. For what did Carrie Stewart earn an award?

3. What type of glaze is made of silt ashes and sand or powdered glass and water?

4. What did Anna Tutt's grandmother do for a living?

5. Whose death made Anna Tutt's childhood even more difficult?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bruce Mosley feel about racial discrimination today?

2. Discuss some of the glazes that Cheever Meaders used.

3. How did a white schoolteacher help Viola Lenoir's family when Viola was young?

4. How did slavery and being black affect Harley Penland's education?

5. Explain how Arie Meaders' mother cooked.

6. Describe the funding issues the Mountain City project faces.

7. Explain the surprise Harley Penland received during World War I.

8. Why does the Mountain City community not want to draw more tourists into their town?

9. What kind of education did Viola Lenoir's grandparents have?

10. What role has religion played in Carrie Stewart's life?

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