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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said to be just as important as the tools?
(a) The ability to pass this information down to future generations.
(b) Food and shelter.
(c) Hope and Love.
(d) The knowledge to use them.

2. What does Aunt Arie say she will do with the eyes?
(a) Grind them up in the sausage.
(b) Use them to make jelly.
(c) Throw them away.
(d) Put them in a soup.

3. What has caused the loss of the fine art of building a genuine log cabin?
(a) Desire for unique looking houses.
(b) Trend toward an easier life.
(c) Lack of trees.
(d) European influence.

4. Which of these methods was not a way to cure wood?
(a) Salt the Ends.
(b) Use Dry Kiln.
(c) Boil.
(d) Stack the Lumber Crosswise.

5. Which of the following national groups have supported Foxfire?
(a) N.R.A.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) People.
(d) Discovery.

6. Who are the students NOT told to interview for Foxfire?
(a) Historians.
(b) Parents .
(c) Area Residents.
(d) Grandparents.

7. What does Mrs. Harriet Echols say that she used to put in her soap to thicken up the soap?
(a) Seeds.
(b) Hair.
(c) Soft corn shucks.
(d) Pieces of rope.

8. What are Aunt Arie's stories said to be "spiced" with?
(a) Lies.
(b) Quaint Euphemisms.
(c) Exagerations.
(d) Local gossip.

9. What do the students call the Dutch Oven?
(a) Cake slab.
(b) A timeless invention.
(c) One of the most useful cooking utensils.
(d) A bread pan.

10. What is done to the Dutch Oven before cooking with it?
(a) Preheated.
(b) Dry scrubbed.
(c) Greased heavily.
(d) Washed.

11. What were the earliest simple mattresses called?
(a) Hay Mats.
(b) Rope Beds.
(c) Feather Cushions.
(d) Pallets.

12. What is crucial when making splits?
(a) Making each split even.
(b) Making the splits long enough.
(c) Picking the correct timber.
(d) Making clean cuts.

13. How many copies of Foxfire are printed the very first time it is printed?
(a) Six Hundred.
(b) Two Hundred.
(c) They Lost Count.
(d) A Thousand.

14. Where did Lon learn to make chairs?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) He learned on his own.
(d) His father.

15. What does Aunt Arie say she would put in if she had plenty of money?
(a) A sink.
(b) A new hog pen.
(c) A new roof.
(d) A toilet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool is needed for drilling holes?

2. How were things fried?

3. Why is the wood for chairs usually gathered in the winter or fall?

4. What do the students say is one reason why they have asked Beulah to help them make a basket?

5. What are the Sleepers?

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