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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Carolyn Stradley.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened once the 99-year period for which Nola Campbell's tribe leased their land to the American government ended?
(a) The government returned the land to the tribe.
(b) The lease was renewed for another 99 years.
(c) The government bought the land.
(d) The government kept the land without paying for it.

2. What was a reason people interviewed in Foxfire 9 gave for panthers entering homes?
(a) Searching for food.
(b) To get dry during rainy weather.
(c) To get warm during cold weather.
(d) To follow dogs or cats indoors.

3. Why did Carolyn Stradley have to do a lot of chores as a young child?
(a) Her large family required a lot of work from each member.
(b) Her mother was often very ill with heart disease.
(c) Her siblings were lazy.
(d) Her parents were very strict.

4. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes once attend a strip show?
(a) He had a crush on a dancer.
(b) To understand it before he stood against it.
(c) To protest the show.
(d) To preach at the audience and the dancers.

5. In what year was Flora Youngblood born?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jud begin working on in 1934?

2. As a young girl, what did Flora learn to make from honeysuckle vines?

3. What kind of business did Jud open at age twenty-two?

4. According to Foxfire researchers, what amount of money did most people spend in the Moore general store during the course of a year in the early days of the store's operation?

5. Who raised the sheep that produced the wool from which Edith Cannon's mother made her quilt batting?

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