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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. What kind of business did Jud open at age twenty-two?
2. What kind of signs has Henry Harrison Mayes made since his youthful accident?
3. When Jud was seventeen, for whom did he work?
4. What did Jud's family use during his childhood to ward off flu?
5. What does Mitch Anderson recall there being in front of the Rothell cabin in his youth?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In what ways was the Rothell home a gathering place for people in the community?
3. What unique ministry did Henry Harrison Mayes develop for bringing the word of God to others?
4. How did a call to preach help Charles Phillips learn to read?
5. What kind of medical care did D. B. Dayton receive during his childhood?
6. What were some mountain superstitions reported in the chapter entitled "Haint Tales and Other Scary Stories" in Foxfire 9?
7. What was a madstone and how was it used to treat rabies?
8. How did Jud Nelson's Uncle John once teach another blacksmith that blacksmiths have to pay attention to what they're doing?
9. 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?
10. What role did cotton play in Jud Nelson's family life when Jud was a boy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the herbal remedies and folk medicine practices mentioned in Foxfire 9. What do Appalachian home remedies reveal about Appalachian culture and Appalachian life? 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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