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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 work did Jud's wife Jenny do before she married?
(a) She was a cook.
(b) She was a nurse.
(c) She was a schoolteacher.
(d) She was a musician.

2. According to Ruth Holcomb, what did a bald eagle do to a baby?
(a) Stole the baby from a carriage and took it to the nest.
(b) Adopted the baby as an eaglet and brought it worms to eat.
(c) Snatched some of the baby's hair for its nest.
(d) Bit the baby's face.

3. In the section of Foxfire 9 entitled "The General Store," how did the illiterate general store owner keep track of outstanding debts owed to him for items his customers had purchased on credit?
(a) He trusted his customers to remember how much they owed.
(b) He hired a clerk who could read and write to track his debts.
(c) He relied on his memory.
(d) He drew pictures of the items purchased.

4. Which traditional quilt pattern was composed entirely of hexagons?
(a) The bear paw quilt.
(b) The "grandmother's flower garden" quilt.
(c) The drunkard's path quilt.
(d) The Dresden plate quilt.

5. With what animals did a boy once pay Roy Roberts?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Possums.
(c) Skunks.
(d) Bears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion was Nola Campbell's family?

2. From what material did D. B. Dayton and his family make clotheslines on which to hang their hand washed clothing during D. B.'s childhood?

3. In what season of the year did most of Jud's blacksmith customers pay for the work Jud had done for them?

4. What became confining about the format of the Foxfire series?

5. What materials were used by Aunt Arie Carpenter in the making of most of her quilts?

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