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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 D. B. Dayton's mother become crippled?
(a) She had polio as a child.
(b) She was in a car wreck.
(c) She fell down the stairs and injured her leg.
(d) A childhood incident broke her spine.

2. During the depression, which of the following was not a way the customers of Ed and Martha Roane could pay off their debt to the general store?
(a) Helping with the cattle.
(b) Weaving cloth.
(c) Working in the sawmill or gristmill.
(d) Working the farm or tending the gardens.

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 relied on his memory.
(c) He drew pictures of the items purchased.
(d) He hired a clerk who could read and write to track his debts.

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

5. In what year was Flora Youngblood born?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1906.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of signs has Henry Harrison Mayes made since his youthful accident?

2. What did other blacksmiths ride a horse ten or fifteen miles to get Jud's uncle to do for them?

3. When was the fishtail pattern quilt donated to Foxfire by Aunt Arie Carpenter made?

4. What was the customary occasion on which to give a "Dutch doll" quilt in the mountains?

5. What cure was used by Annie Henry for a nosebleed?

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