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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 happens to the price of the pelt if you make a bad ear hole on a raccoon?

2. What is the 'leaf lard?'

3. Who tells the story of 'The Buzzard and the Dog?'

4. What is the process of laying fruit out on trays in front of the fire called?

5. What mixture was put on a broken arm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is explained about the remedies looked at in 'Home Remedies' before the remedies are given?

2. What different processes are looked at in Preserving Vegetables?

3. Describe what kind of interviews that were done for the section on 'Planting by the Signs.'

4. How do you prepare frog?

5. Describe the story of 'The Buzzard and the Dog.'

6. Explain basically how moonshining began.

7. Describe the way the recipes in 'Mountain Recipes' are told.

8. Explain the basic differences between curing and smoking.

9. Explain the reasons that hogs were the mountain people's main meat.

10. Describe the basics for weather signs and the different ways they are obtained.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick one to write about.

Part 1) How would the story have been different if the articles had been "How To" only without the human stories and personal touches included? Explain your answer.

Part 2) Could any of the stories given been made into short stories or books on their own? Explain why or why not.

Part 3) Is the Foxfire Book a realistic help to a person that intended to live off the land? Explain why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Which of the articles seemed to be the most helpful as a 'how to' guide? Explain.

Part 2) Which of the articles seemed to be the least helpful as a 'how to' guide? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Family is often talked about in the story.

Part 1) What role does family seem to play for the majority of the people in the Foxfire Book that were interviewed? Explain.

Part 2) Is this view still widely held by people today? Explain why or why not.

Part 3) Are there any of the people in the book that didn't seem to feel the same way about family? Explain who, if any, and why.

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