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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The General Store.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what have glowing plants like foxfire been associated over the ages?
(a) Witches' brews, sorcerers, and elves.
(b) Treatment of burns and other skin ailments.
(c) Weight loss.
(d) Radiation.

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

3. When was the general store operated by Patton D. Queen opened?
(a) In the early 1900s.
(b) In the 1700s.
(c) In the 1800s.
(d) In the 1950s.

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

5. Which of the following is not a form of payment that Henry Youngblood accepted for his herbal doctoring?
(a) A credit card.
(b) Barter.
(c) A service.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Roy Roberts, another owner of a general store, sell to the train engineers as they drove through his town?

2. As a young girl, what did Flora learn to make from honeysuckle vines?

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

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

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

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