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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. Which of the following was not an ingredient in the home remedies listed in Foxfire 9?
(a) Apples.
(b) Castor oil.
(c) Kerosene.
(d) Roses.

2. What remedy was used in the mountains for stings?
(a) Castor oil.
(b) A milkweed poultice.
(c) A dandelion green poultice.
(d) Salt.

3. What Appalachian photographer photographed Appalachian mountain scenes during the Depression and left a collection of photographs that Foxfire Press wants to publish?
(a) Amos McGee.
(b) Tom Whitfield.
(c) R. A. Romanes.
(d) Horace Jamison.

4. What did Flora learn to boil honeysuckle vines with to remove the bark?
(a) Baking soda.
(b) Turpentine.
(c) Washing powder.
(d) Vinegar.

5. What became confining about the format of the Foxfire series?
(a) The books were too big.
(b) It required too many interviews per book.
(c) It got too repetitive.
(d) It limited the presentation of the topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of the first book published by Foxfire Press?

2. With what have glowing plants like foxfire been associated over the ages?

3. What remedy was used in the mountains for constipation?

4. How many copies of the Foxfire books have been printed?

5. What remedy was used in the mountains for hiccups?

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