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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. At what age was Bruce Mosley's grandmother Polly freed from slavery?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

2. What example of racial prejudice did Anna Tutt witness as a child?
(a) The denying of jobs to black workers.
(b) The hanging of a black man.
(c) Being harassed by white children because of her race.
(d) The beating of a black woman in public.

3. In what year was Bruce Mosley born?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1930.

4. What did the Tutt family grow on their farm?
(a) Apples, peaches, and other fruits.
(b) Soybeans.
(c) Tomatoes and squash.
(d) Corn, cotton, peanuts, wheat, oats and cane.

5. To whom does Bruce Mosley give credit for improving racial tension in America?
(a) The younger generation and Martin Luther King.
(b) Reverend Al Sharpton.
(c) President Obama.
(d) Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of pottery did Cheever Meaders prefer to make?

2. How did the Foxfire organization involve the community in their plans for the Mountain City project?

3. What was the educational level of Viola Lenoir's grandmothers?

4. When did Harvey Penland see whites and blacks treated in the same manner?

5. What was the profession of Viola Lenoir's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mountain City today differ from how it appeared in the early 1900's?

2. How has the Foxfire organization worked with the community in planning their Mountain City project?

3. What folk remedies did Arie Meaders' family use during her childhood?

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

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

6. Explain why Cheever Meaders did not use a glaze on his flowerpots but did use one on his other ware.

7. What features do Eliot Wigginton's favorite small towns have in common?

8. What is Foxfire's mission?

9. Explain what a pug mill or mud mill is.

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

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