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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Second Look At The Log Cabin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes set a goal to put signs on other planets?
(a) He believes this planet will be used up soon.
(b) He once saw a UFO.
(c) He always wanted to be an astronaut.
(d) He believes it's his divine mission.

2. What did Charles Phillips believe it meant when he couldn't sleep?
(a) That he was developing a cold or flu.
(b) That someone he loved was in danger.
(c) That someone needed his prayers at that moment.
(d) That he was tense about something.

3. What was the second book published by Foxfire Press?
(a) A collection of ghost stories.
(b) A cookbook of traditional mountain recipes.
(c) A book of quilt patterns.
(d) A collection of traditional mountain songs.

4. 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?
(a) Weaving cloth.
(b) Working the farm or tending the gardens.
(c) Helping with the cattle.
(d) Working in the sawmill or gristmill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What became confining about the format of the Foxfire series?

2. How did the number of accounts held by women at the Moore's general store compare to the number of accounts held by men?

3. Which of the following are not ingredients Henry Youngblood used in his herbal remedies?

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

5. What fruit did D. B. Dayton not know how to peel the first time he ate one?

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