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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quilting - The Joy of My Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What remedy was used in the mountains for constipation?
(a) Butcher's bloom tea.
(b) Castor oil.
(c) Chamomile tea.
(d) Honey.

2. When was the general store operated by Ed and Martha Roane opened?
(a) In 1927.
(b) In 1713.
(c) In 1959.
(d) In 1850.

3. With what have glowing plants like foxfire been associated over the ages?
(a) Weight loss.
(b) Witches' brews, sorcerers, and elves.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Treatment of burns and other skin ailments.

4. What was the customary occasion on which to give a friendship quilt to someone in the Appalachian mountains in the 1890s?
(a) At their wedding.
(b) To commemorate the birth of a child.
(c) On their birthday.
(d) On their eighteenth birthday.

5. What business did Earl Gillespie operate in addition to a general store?
(a) A coffee mill.
(b) A dental office.
(c) A blacksmith shop.
(d) A gristmill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the articles in the Foxfire series?

2. What did Roy Roberts, another owner of a general store, sell to the train engineers as they drove through his town?

3. What were the fascinators sold in general stores?

4. When Flora's mother got shot in the shoulder, what kind of poultice was applied to her wound?

5. What did Aunt Arie call a "summer quilt"?

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