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

2. When Foxfire 9 was published, how many years had the Foxfire organization been in the Rabun County schools?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eight.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

3. For what potentially fatal disease did Dr. Brabson develop a cure?
(a) Measles.
(b) Milk sickness.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Diptheria.

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

5. As a young girl, what did Flora learn to make from honeysuckle vines?
(a) A healing tea.
(b) Wreaths.
(c) A dye for wool.
(d) Baskets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What oral history play was published by Foxfire Press?

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

3. In what year was Flora Youngblood born?

4. What was the third book published by Foxfire Press?

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

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