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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nola Campbell - Catawba Indian Potter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Flora learn to boil honeysuckle vines with to remove the bark?
(a) Washing powder.
(b) Turpentine.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Baking soda.

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

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

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

5. What disease did Flora Youngblood cure by saying a Bible verse and blowing in the mouth of the afflicted for three days in a row?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Thrush.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Ulcers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which traditional quilt pattern was composed entirely of hexagons?

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

3. Why did Roy Roberts build kilns?

4. Approximately how many quilt patterns has the Foxfire organization collected over the years?

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

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