1. What oral history play was published by Foxfire Press?
(a) Cabbagetown, Three Women.
(b) Georgia's Finest Family.
(c) The Story of David.
(d) Mountaineers Majestic.

2. During the depression, which of the following was not a way the customers of Ed and Martha Roane could pay off their debt to the general store?
(a) Working in the sawmill or gristmill.
(b) Weaving cloth.
(c) Helping with the cattle.
(d) Working the farm or tending the gardens.

3. How did many of the Moore's customers pay their bills at the general store?
(a) With scrip from the coal mines.
(b) With credit cards.
(c) With loans from the Moore family.
(d) With goods and services instead of cash.

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) Ham.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Socks and shoes.

5. Who wrote the chapter in Foxfire 9 entitled "Foxfire--What Is It"?
(a) Curt Haban.
(b) John Gresham.
(c) Earl Hamner.
(d) Eliot Wigginton.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What became confining about the format of the Foxfire series?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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