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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Carolyn Stradley.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what have glowing plants like foxfire been associated over the ages?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Witches' brews, sorcerers, and elves.
(c) Weight loss.
(d) Treatment of burns and other skin ailments.

2. What kind of business did Jud open at age twenty-two?
(a) A blacksmith shop.
(b) A carpentry business.
(c) A candy shop.
(d) A general store.

3. What did D. B. Dayton's family do with the eggs they raised on their farm?
(a) Gave them to poor families to eat.
(b) Sold them to chicken breeders.
(c) Became chicken breeders.
(d) Traded them for other staples.

4. What happened to Carolyn Stradley and her brother once her father remarried and moved to Atlanta with his new wife?
(a) They were given up for adoption.
(b) They were put into foster care.
(c) Their father left them alone to survive on their own.
(d) They contracted tuberculosis and nearly died.

5. What home remedies did D. B. Dayton's family use for illnesses?
(a) Sulfur, molasses, and alum.
(b) Turpentine, castor oil, salts, and soot.
(c) Chamomile tea and ginseng.
(d) Honey and dandelion greens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What award was won by the first book Foxfire Press published?

2. How did many of the Moore's customers pay their bills at the general store?

3. Why have reviewers stopped reviewing the new books in the Foxfire series?

4. 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?

5. According to the tale Ada Crone told Carol Ramey, what haunted the Roane graveyard and followed people around there?

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