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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following are not ingredients Henry Youngblood used in his herbal remedies?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Hog lard.
(c) Aluminum.
(d) Alum.

2. What became confining about the format of the Foxfire series?
(a) It got too repetitive.
(b) The books were too big.
(c) It limited the presentation of the topics.
(d) It required too many interviews per book.

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

4. How were the topics to be featured in the new series of books from Foxfire Press determined?
(a) By distributing a questionnaire to the magazine subscribers.
(b) By picking topics at random.
(c) By running a contest on the Internet.
(d) By letting the people interviewed vote on the topics.

5. 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 drew pictures of the items purchased.
(b) He relied on his memory.
(c) He trusted his customers to remember how much they owed.
(d) He hired a clerk who could read and write to track his debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what have glowing plants like foxfire been associated over the ages?

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

3. When was Flora taught was the best time to gather honeysuckle vines?

4. What Appalachian photographer photographed Appalachian mountain scenes during the Depression and left a collection of photographs that Foxfire Press wants to publish?

5. When Foxfire 9 was published, how many years had the Foxfire organization been in the Rabun County schools?

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