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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Second Look At The Log Cabin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Nola Campbell only attend school through the fifth grade?
(a) She got ill and had to stay home.
(b) She had to work to support her family.
(c) Her parents didn't believe in formal education for girls.
(d) Indians weren't allowed to go further in school.

2. How were the topics to be featured in the new series of books from Foxfire Press determined?
(a) By running a contest on the Internet.
(b) By letting the people interviewed vote on the topics.
(c) By distributing a questionnaire to the magazine subscribers.
(d) By picking topics at random.

3. What did D. B. Dayton and his family eat for dinner when they picked clay peas?
(a) Catfish and turnip greens.
(b) Fried chicken and mashed potatoes.
(c) Buttermilk and baked sweet potatoes.
(d) Pinto beans and cornbread.

4. What kind of glaze did Nola Campbell learn to put on her pottery?
(a) A thin, water-based glaze.
(b) A glaze made of glass.
(c) Her pots are unglazed.
(d) A shellac.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were crazy quilts?

2. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes once attend a strip show?

3. Which of the following are not ingredients Henry Youngblood used in his herbal remedies?

4. With what Indian tribe did the county in which the Rothell house was originally built make treaties to obtain the land?

5. According to Ethel Corn, how did Octy Mcall scare away a panther she found sitting in her open cabin window?

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