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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 was a madstone?
(a) A stone from a deer's stomach that was used to cure rabies.
(b) A blue stone used to treat depression.
(c) A white stone worn to ward off diptheria.
(d) A stone thought to cure insanity in people.

2. What did other blacksmiths ride a horse ten or fifteen miles to get Jud's uncle to do for them?
(a) Play the fiddle.
(b) Temper a gun spring.
(c) Sharpen their tools.
(d) Shoe a mule.

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

4. What trade did Frank Moore have to learn because his family was so poor?
(a) Trapping animals for fur trading.
(b) Blacksmithing.
(c) Pottery making.
(d) Gunsmithing.

5. How did the number of accounts held by women at the Moore's general store compare to the number of accounts held by men?
(a) Most accounts were held by women.
(b) All accounts were held by women.
(c) Few accounts were held by women.
(d) No accounts were held by women.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Of what material was the building that housed Jud's business made?

4. What kind of mill did Jud and his uncle build?

5. 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?

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