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

2. What did the people interviewed in Foxfire 9 say that the scream of a panther sounds like?
(a) A police siren.
(b) The scream of a human being.
(c) A crying baby.
(d) A nail on a blackboard.

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

4. According to Ethel Corn, how did Octy Mcall scare away a panther she found sitting in her open cabin window?
(a) By throwing a knife at the panther.
(b) With fire.
(c) With a pan of boiling water.
(d) By screaming loudly and banging her pots and pans.

5. What food sweetener did Jud's father make?
(a) Honey.
(b) Cane sugar.
(c) Sorghum syrup.
(d) Maple syrup.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what branch of the military did Jud serve in the 1940s?

3. How much education did Frank Moore receive?

4. What did other blacksmiths ride a horse ten or fifteen miles to get Jud's uncle to do for them?

5. How much did Jud pay for his first business?

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