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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. Who wrote the Introduction to Foxfire 9?
(a) Earl Hamner.
(b) John Gresham.
(c) Joyce Carol Oates.
(d) Elliot Wigginton.

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) The number of interviews overwhelmed the staff.
(d) There were not enough interviewees for each volume.

3. In what year was Flora Youngblood born?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1910.

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

5. What award was won by the first book Foxfire Press published?
(a) A Nebula.
(b) A Pulitzer Prize.
(c) A Caldecott Medal.
(d) A Christopher award.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Flora learn to boil honeysuckle vines with to remove the bark?

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

3. What cure was used by Annie Henry for a nosebleed?

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

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

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