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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 were crazy quilts?
(a) Quilts made in asymmetrical patterns.
(b) Friendship quilts, personalized and presented as a gift.
(c) Quilts with both stripes and polka dots.
(d) Quilts stitched in a hurry.

2. What did the people interviewed in Foxfire 9 say that the scream of a panther sounds like?
(a) The scream of a human being.
(b) A crying baby.
(c) A police siren.
(d) A nail on a blackboard.

3. What was the last Foxfire book to be published under the contract with the New York Publisher?
(a) Foxfire 15.
(b) Foxfire 10.
(c) Foxfire 9.
(d) Foxfire 20.

4. How old was Nola Campbell when her father died?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Forty.

5. Why did Nola Campbell's mother move the family off the reservation when Nola's father died?
(a) To send the children to a new school.
(b) To be near her parents and siblings.
(c) To attend college.
(d) To work on a nearby farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charles Phillips believe it meant when he couldn't sleep?

2. Which of the following was not a quilt pattern traditionally made in Appalachia?

3. From which U.S. president did Henry Harrison Mayes solicit assistance in getting the highway department to allow him to place his signs?

4. What kind of work did Jud do in the military?

5. What remedy was used in the mountains for constipation?

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