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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What remedy was used in the mountains for constipation?
(a) Castor oil.
(b) Honey.
(c) Chamomile tea.
(d) Butcher's bloom tea.

2. What was a reason people interviewed in Foxfire 9 gave for panthers entering homes?
(a) To get warm during cold weather.
(b) To get dry during rainy weather.
(c) To follow dogs or cats indoors.
(d) Searching for food.

3. What did Captain Irish Bill Moore and his wife Hattie often have to battle?
(a) Roughriders or bandits.
(b) Ants that infested the general store.
(c) Competition from other stores.
(d) Mice that infested the general store.

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

5. Why did Roy Roberts build kilns?
(a) To make pottery.
(b) To bake bread.
(c) To make charcoal.
(d) To burn coal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Edith Cannon's mother use as a backing for her quilts?

2. What broken item was left at Charles Phillips's funeral?

3. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes once attend a strip show?

4. In what war did James Blair, the builder of the Rothell house, serve?

5. At what holiday would D. B. Dayton's father get drunk?

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