1. What problem arose due to the books in the Foxfire series presenting a range of topics in each volume?
(a) No single topic could be treated in depth.
(b) The number of interviews overwhelmed the staff.
(c) There were not enough interviewees for each volume.
(d) Too many photographs and drawings were needed.

2. How much money have Henry Harrison Mayes and his wife put into his signs?
(a) $1,000
(b) $500.
(c) Nearly $75,000.
(d) $10,000.

3. According to the tale Ada Crone told Carol Ramey, what haunted the Roane graveyard and followed people around there?
(a) A ghost child.
(b) A ghost dog.
(c) A ghost sheep.
(d) A light.

4. What fruit did D. B. Dayton not know how to peel the first time he ate one?
(a) A banana.
(b) A peach.
(c) A papaya.
(d) A nectarine.

5. At what holiday would D. B. Dayton's father get drunk?
(a) Easter.
(b) Memorial Day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Appalachian photographer photographed Appalachian mountain scenes during the Depression and left a collection of photographs that Foxfire Press wants to publish?

2. What happened after Henry Harrison Mayes attended the strip show?

3. What happened once the 99-year period for which Nola Campbell's tribe leased their land to the American government ended?

4. Where was D. B. Dayton cared for when he developed tuberculosis as a child?

5. For what potentially fatal disease did Dr. Brabson develop a cure?

(see the answer key)

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