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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. What work did Jud do with mules for many of his neighbors?
(a) He shoed them.
(b) He ploughed with them.
(c) He groomed them.
(d) He bought and sold and traded them.

2. In what branch of the military did Jud serve in the 1940s?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The Air Force.
(d) The Army.

3. With what animals did a boy once pay Roy Roberts?
(a) Possums.
(b) Skunks.
(c) Foxes.
(d) Bears.

4. What helped people interviewed in Foxfire 9 escape panthers when they were being pursued by these wild animals?
(a) They outran the panthers.
(b) Their hunting dogs or the rearing of their horses.
(c) They would make loud noises to scare the panthers away.
(d) They would enter a stream since panthers don't like water.

5. According to the tale Ada Crone told Carol Ramey, what haunted the Roane graveyard and followed people around there?
(a) A ghost sheep.
(b) A ghost child.
(c) A ghost dog.
(d) A light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jud's family use during his childhood to ward off flu?

2. According to Ruth Holcomb, what did a bald eagle do to a baby?

3. What were panthers sometimes called in the mountains of Appalachia?

4. What was a madstone?

5. During the depression, which of the following was not a way the customers of Ed and Martha Roane could pay off their debt to the general store?

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