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

2. When Jud was seventeen, for whom did he work?
(a) The local preacher.
(b) The local sheriff.
(c) A local blacksmith.
(d) The local tanner.

3. According to Ruth Holcomb, how long did people in her youth think it would take a person to go mad after being bitten by a rabid dog?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Nine days.
(c) A week.
(d) A month.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the general store operated by Ed and Martha Roane opened?

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

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

4. What was a madstone?

5. What trade did Frank Moore have to learn because his family was so poor?

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