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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Remedies, Herb Doctors, and Healers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the topics to be featured in the new series of books from Foxfire Press determined?
(a) By distributing a questionnaire to the magazine subscribers.
(b) By running a contest on the Internet.
(c) By letting the people interviewed vote on the topics.
(d) By picking topics at random.

2. What problem arose due to the books in the Foxfire series presenting a range of topics in each volume?
(a) Too many photographs and drawings were needed.
(b) No single topic could be treated in depth.
(c) There were not enough interviewees for each volume.
(d) The number of interviews overwhelmed the staff.

3. How many copies of the Foxfire books have been printed?
(a) One million.
(b) Eighty thousand.
(c) Seven million.
(d) Two hundred thousand.

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

5. What was the subject of the first book published by Foxfire Press?
(a) Aunt Arie Carpenter.
(b) Square dancing.
(c) Making lye soap.
(d) Raising hogs and chickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have reviewers stopped reviewing the new books in the Foxfire series?

2. What happened to Dr. Brabson's feet after long medical trips in cold weather?

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

4. What award was won by the first book Foxfire Press published?

5. What disease did Flora Youngblood cure by saying a Bible verse and blowing in the mouth of the afflicted for three days in a row?

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