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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the number of accounts held by women at the Moore's general store compare to the number of accounts held by men?
(a) Most accounts were held by women.
(b) All accounts were held by women.
(c) Few accounts were held by women.
(d) No accounts were held by women.

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

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

4. When Flora's mother got shot in the shoulder, what kind of poultice was applied to her wound?
(a) A walnut poultice.
(b) A sulphur and molasses poultice.
(c) A castor oil poultice.
(d) A honey and egg poultice.

5. 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) There were not enough interviewees for each volume.
(c) The number of interviews overwhelmed the staff.
(d) No single topic could be treated in depth.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what potentially fatal disease did Dr. Brabson develop a cure?

2. What trade did Frank Moore have to learn because his family was so poor?

3. When was the general store operated by Ed and Martha Roane opened?

4. What New York publisher published the Foxfire series, of which Foxfire 9 is a part?

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

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