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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the number of accounts held by women at the Moore's general store compare to the number of accounts held by men?

2. What information did quilters traditionally embroider on their quilt squares when making a friendship quilt?

3. What award was won by the first book Foxfire Press published?

4. What were the fascinators sold in general stores?

5. In what year was Flora Youngblood born?

Short Essay Questions

1. From whom did Nola Campbell learn to make pottery?

2. For what purpose did Flora Youngblood first learn to make baskets and from what did she make her baskets?

3. How did Flora Youngblood's father, Henry, learn herbal healing?

4. Why did Roy Roberts build a kiln and how did the business that resulted from the building of his kiln fare?

5. What kinds of books have been printed by Foxfire Press and what kinds of books does Foxfire Press plan to print in the future?

6. How did Earl Gillespie build a successful produce business?

7. How have fictional stories treated foxfire and other glowing plants?

8. How did Ed and Martha Roane help their customers get through the depression?

9. What were some of the unusual features of Nola Campbell's pottery?

10. What were some of the Indian superstitions Nola Campbell encountered on the Catawba reservation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flora Youngblood weaves baskets from honeysuckle vines. Discuss how Flora makes baskets and how basket weaving in the Appalachian mountains and the demand for baskets has changed from the nineteenth century to the present day. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of oral traditions and the oral passing down of cultural, agricultural, and artistic knowledge from one generation to the next as illustrated in Foxfire 9. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the racial prejudice that Nola Campbell and her family experience over the years because of their Catawba Indian heritage. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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