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

2. When was the general store operated by Patton D. Queen opened?
(a) In the 1700s.
(b) In the 1950s.
(c) In the early 1900s.
(d) In the 1800s.

3. What trade did Frank Moore have to learn because his family was so poor?
(a) Blacksmithing.
(b) Pottery making.
(c) Gunsmithing.
(d) Trapping animals for fur trading.

4. Who raised the sheep that produced the wool from which Edith Cannon's mother made her quilt batting?
(a) Eloy Kennedy.
(b) The Cannon's neighbors, the Roanes.
(c) Sarah Wilson.
(d) The Cannon family.

5. What kind of accident was Henry Harrison Mayes involved in when he was a young man?
(a) A mining accident.
(b) A hunting accident.
(c) An automobile accident.
(d) A train accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ruth Holcomb, how long did people in her youth think it would take a person to go mad after being bitten by a rabid dog?

2. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes once attend a strip show?

3. What helped people interviewed in Foxfire 9 escape panthers when they were being pursued by these wild animals?

4. What business did Earl Gillespie operate in addition to a general store?

5. What was the third book published by Foxfire Press?

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