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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Haint Tales and Other Scary Stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what season of the year did most of Jud's blacksmith customers pay for the work Jud had done for them?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

2. What were the fascinators sold in general stores?
(a) Wooden toys for babies.
(b) Candy made from dried apples and honey.
(c) Handheld mirrors.
(d) Crocheted, triangular shawls to cover the head & shoulders.

3. What did Jud's family use during his childhood to ward off flu?
(a) Epsom salts.
(b) A mixture of sorghum and sulfur.
(c) Castor oil.
(d) Honey and turpentine.

4. According to Ruth Holcomb, what did a bald eagle do to a baby?
(a) Snatched some of the baby's hair for its nest.
(b) Stole the baby from a carriage and took it to the nest.
(c) Adopted the baby as an eaglet and brought it worms to eat.
(d) Bit the baby's face.

5. What was the name of the general store the Moore family established?
(a) The Rabun Gap General Store.
(b) The Fort Hembree store.
(c) The Moore Grocery Store.
(d) Moore's General Store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Roy Roberts, another owner of a general store, sell to the train engineers as they drove through his town?

2. In the section of Foxfire 9 entitled "The General Store," how did the illiterate general store owner keep track of outstanding debts owed to him for items his customers had purchased on credit?

3. What did Jud's father do for a living?

4. What food sweetener did Jud's father make?

5. What work did Jud's wife Jenny do before she married?

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