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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life Is Good.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What became confining about the format of the Foxfire series?
(a) It limited the presentation of the topics.
(b) It got too repetitive.
(c) The books were too big.
(d) It required too many interviews per book.

2. How did Flora's family get their clothing?
(a) They got hand me downs from relatives.
(b) Her father bought it from a catalog.
(c) Their mother bought it at the general store.
(d) Her mother sewed it.

3. What was the customary occasion on which to give a "Dutch doll" quilt in the mountains?
(a) As a Christmas gift.
(b) As a wedding gift.
(c) As a graduation gift.
(d) As a gift for a new baby.

4. Who wrote the chapter in Foxfire 9 entitled "Foxfire--What Is It"?
(a) John Gresham.
(b) Earl Hamner.
(c) Eliot Wigginton.
(d) Curt Haban.

5. Why did Roy Roberts build kilns?
(a) To burn coal.
(b) To make charcoal.
(c) To bake bread.
(d) To make pottery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened once the 99-year period for which Nola Campbell's tribe leased their land to the American government ended?

2. What did Aunt Arie call a "summer quilt"?

3. What other business did John Moore run in addition to his general store?

4. What was the customary occasion on which to give a friendship quilt to someone in the Appalachian mountains in the 1890s?

5. From which U.S. president did Henry Harrison Mayes solicit assistance in getting the highway department to allow him to place his signs?

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