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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what war did James Blair, the builder of the Rothell house, serve?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) World War I.

2. What did the people interviewed in Foxfire 9 say that the scream of a panther sounds like?
(a) The scream of a human being.
(b) A police siren.
(c) A nail on a blackboard.
(d) A crying baby.

3. What work did D. B. Dayton do for the WPA during the Depression?
(a) Surveyed land and made maps.
(b) Built a bridge.
(c) Built roads & hauled acid wood, tanbark, and fence posts.
(d) Grew cotton.

4. What was a reason people interviewed in Foxfire 9 gave for panthers entering homes?
(a) To get dry during rainy weather.
(b) Searching for food.
(c) To follow dogs or cats indoors.
(d) To get warm during cold weather.

5. What kind of mill did Jud and his uncle build?
(a) A coffee mill.
(b) A syrup mill.
(c) A sawmill.
(d) A gristmill.

6. What kind of work did Jud do in the military?
(a) Medical work.
(b) He was in the infantry.
(c) Journalism for military publications.
(d) Blacksmithing.

7. What did Charles Phillips use stones to indicate?
(a) His prayer requests.
(b) The number of cattle in his herd.
(c) His children's ages.
(d) The saved and unsaved souls for whom he had prayed.

8. According to Ruth Holcomb, what did a bald eagle do to a baby?
(a) Snatched some of the baby's hair for its nest.
(b) Stole the baby from a carriage and took it to the nest.
(c) Bit the baby's face.
(d) Adopted the baby as an eaglet and brought it worms to eat.

9. According to Ethel Corn, how did Octy Mcall scare away a panther she found sitting in her open cabin window?
(a) With a pan of boiling water.
(b) With fire.
(c) By throwing a knife at the panther.
(d) By screaming loudly and banging her pots and pans.

10. What food sweetener did Jud's father make?
(a) Cane sugar.
(b) Sorghum syrup.
(c) Maple syrup.
(d) Honey.

11. What did Jud's family use during his childhood to ward off flu?
(a) Castor oil.
(b) Epsom salts.
(c) A mixture of sorghum and sulfur.
(d) Honey and turpentine.

12. What would Charles Phillips do if he couldn't sleep?
(a) Read his Bible and pray.
(b) Drink warm milk.
(c) Play checkers.
(d) Play his banjo.

13. What was a madstone?
(a) A stone thought to cure insanity in people.
(b) A white stone worn to ward off diptheria.
(c) A blue stone used to treat depression.
(d) A stone from a deer's stomach that was used to cure rabies.

14. What did D. B. Dayton's father work for instead of money?
(a) Transportation.
(b) Shelter.
(c) Food.
(d) Medical care for an ailing child.

15. What home remedies did D. B. Dayton's family use for illnesses?
(a) Sulfur, molasses, and alum.
(b) Honey and dandelion greens.
(c) Turpentine, castor oil, salts, and soot.
(d) Chamomile tea and ginseng.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what material was the building that housed Jud's business made?

2. What was done with the broken item left at Charles Phillips's funeral?

3. What fruit did D. B. Dayton not know how to peel the first time he ate one?

4. What did Jud Nelson's uncle do for a living?

5. During Mitch Anderson's youth, who lived in the little house that was behind the Rothell house?

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