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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life Is Good.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the customary occasion on which to give a friendship quilt to someone in the Appalachian mountains in the 1890s?
(a) To commemorate the birth of a child.
(b) At their wedding.
(c) On their eighteenth birthday.
(d) On their birthday.

2. How much did Jud pay for his first business?
(a) One hundred dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

3. What materials were used by Aunt Arie Carpenter in the making of most of her quilts?
(a) Scraps from her family's clothing.
(b) Wool woven at her home.
(c) Scraps of material from neighbors' clothing.
(d) Gingham and calico bought at the general store.

4. When did Jud and his siblings receive new shoes, cheese, and soda?
(a) Whenever their father sold cotton.
(b) At Easter.
(c) On their birthdays.
(d) At Christmas.

5. 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) No accounts were held by women.
(b) Few accounts were held by women.
(c) Most accounts were held by women.
(d) All accounts were held by women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the ethnic background of Nola Campbell's father?

3. In making a traditional fan quilt, what was considered a sign of a sloppy quilter?

4. Who raised the sheep that produced the wool from which Edith Cannon's mother made her quilt batting?

5. At what specific place did Charles Phillips one day feel compelled to go pray?

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