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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Haint Tales and Other Scary Stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fee did D. B. Dayton's father and D. B. himself have to pay to vote?
(a) Cab fare to the poll.
(b) Homeowner's taxes.
(c) A voting booth access fee.
(d) Poll taxes.

2. 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) Socks and shoes.
(d) Coffee.

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

4. What product did D.B. Dayton sell that earned him enough money to build a store?
(a) Produce.
(b) Timber.
(c) Hogs.
(d) Fish.

5. What did Charles Phillips believe it meant when he couldn't sleep?
(a) That someone he loved was in danger.
(b) That someone needed his prayers at that moment.
(c) That he was developing a cold or flu.
(d) That he was tense about something.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work did Nola Campbell do at age 6?

2. What did Flora learn to boil honeysuckle vines with to remove the bark?

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

4. What office did Nola Campbell's father have in the church?

5. Where was Nola Campbell born?

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