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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Flora Youngblood's father Henry learn herbal doctoring and faith healing?
(a) At Berea College.
(b) On an Indian reservation.
(c) At his church.
(d) At Atlanta University Medical School.

2. What other business did John Moore run in addition to his general store?
(a) A flour mill.
(b) A blacksmith shop.
(c) A tannery.
(d) A coffee mill.

3. In the section of Foxfire 9 entitled "The General Store," how did the illiterate general store owner keep track of outstanding debts owed to him for items his customers had purchased on credit?
(a) He trusted his customers to remember how much they owed.
(b) He relied on his memory.
(c) He drew pictures of the items purchased.
(d) He hired a clerk who could read and write to track his debts.

4. What did Roy Roberts, another owner of a general store, sell to the train engineers as they drove through his town?
(a) Cake.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Socks and shoes.
(d) Ham.

5. What cure was used by Annie Henry for a nosebleed?
(a) Letting the nose bleed on a knife and then burying the knife.
(b) Holding ice on the back of the head.
(c) Tea made from dandelion greens.
(d) Holding ice under the nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country did the Moore family emigrate in 1740?

2. How much education did Frank Moore receive?

3. How did many of the Moore's customers pay their bills at the general store?

4. With what animals did a boy once pay Roy Roberts?

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

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