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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. According to Ruth Holcomb, how long did people in her youth think it would take a person to go mad after being bitten by a rabid dog?
(a) A week.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Nine days.
(d) A month.

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

3. Where was D. B. Dayton cared for when he developed tuberculosis as a child?
(a) At his grandparents' home.
(b) At a hospital.
(c) At home.
(d) At a sanitarium.

4. When did Charles Phillips learn to read?
(a) As a young boy in school.
(b) In 1960 after he married a woman who could read.
(c) In his fifties thanks to a literacy tutor.
(d) In 1956 when he was called by God to serve as a preacher.

5. How much did Jud pay for his first business?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Five hundred dollars.
(d) One thousand dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of mill did D. B. Dayton's grandfather own?

2. When was Jud Nelson born?

3. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes set a goal to put signs on other planets?

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

5. What does Mitch Anderson recall there being in front of the Rothell cabin in his youth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes once attend a strip show and what consequences arose because of his going to the show?

2. What object was left at Charles Phillips' funeral and how did that object help commemorate Phillips' ministry?

3. What incident in Henry Harrison Mayes's youth led to his desire to bring the word of God to others?

4. At what specific place did Charles Phillips feel led to pray and how did he use pebbles to record information about the people for whom he prayed?

5. How did the Foxfire organization get the Rothell cabin from its original location to Mountain City and why did the organization not complete its restoration of the cabin?

6. What kinds of foods did D. B. Dayton and his family eat during D. B.'s childhood?

7. What kind of work did D. B. Dayton do for the WPA during the Depression?

8. In what ways was the Rothell home a gathering place for people in the community?

9. How did a call to preach help Charles Phillips learn to read?

10. What was a madstone and how was it used to treat rabies?

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