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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do the students say it took them to gather information about building the log cabin?
(a) A full year.
(b) An entire summer.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two weeks.

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

3. What year was Foxfire established?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1958.

4. What was said would happen to a young girl that slept under a new quilt?
(a) She would be in good health for the next six months.
(b) She would marry within a year.
(c) She would dream of the one she would marry.
(d) She would soon find a large sum of money.

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

6. Why is it suggested that the foundation be at least 18" high?
(a) Termites won't go any higher than 18"
(b) No one is sure.
(c) To prevent small animals from entering the house.
(d) To be well above the water satuation point.

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

8. What does it suggest in the instructions that the foundation of the log cabin should be made out of?
(a) Large boulders placed at the four corners of the house and each 10 foot between.
(b) Cured white oat logs that have been scorched to prevent termite damage.
(c) An elevated dirt floor.
(d) Solid rock spanning the length and width of the house.

9. Hickory was a very desirable wood but what was a drawback of this wood?
(a) It splintered out easily.
(b) It attracked termites.
(c) It would bow badly in humid weather.
(d) It was hard to work.

10. What tool is needed for drilling holes?
(a) Drawing knife.
(b) Go-Devil.
(c) Mallet.
(d) Auger.

11. What often attacked fresh chinking in chimneys?
(a) Bees.
(b) Birds.
(c) Rodents.
(d) Wasps.

12. When does Mrs. Algie Norton say she saw her first real mattress?
(a) When her daughter got married.
(b) When she was about ten or twelve.
(c) She has never seen a real mattress.
(d) When she was grown.

13. What do the Friendship Quilts typically have stitched on them?
(a) A name for the person whom the quilt would be given.
(b) The date the quilt was created.
(c) The names of those quilting.
(d) A verse from the Bible.

14. What ailment does Aunt Arie have according to the author?
(a) Blind due to cataracts.
(b) Crazy due to living in the woods alone.
(c) Paralyzed due to stroke.
(d) Deaf due to fever.

15. What would happen if the wood used in tight-fitting tools and other objects wasn't seasoned?
(a) The wood would warp and bend as it dried.
(b) The wood would begin to rot.
(c) The wood would shrink and pull away as it dried.
(d) The wood would draw insects to the fresh sap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these methods was not a way to cure wood?

2. When does Mrs. Lester Norton say that they changed the straw in her straw mattress?

3. What does Wigginton suggest could be an answer to student failure?

4. Which of the following national groups have supported Foxfire?

5. What does Wigginton say is NOT a primary concern in the magazine?

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