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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fee did D. B. Dayton's father and D. B. himself have to pay to vote?
(a) Cab fare to the poll.
(b) Homeowner's taxes.
(c) A voting booth access fee.
(d) Poll taxes.

2. What was another name for the churn dash quilt pattern?
(a) The monkey wrench.
(b) The butter maker.
(c) The dasher.
(d) The butter pounder.

3. 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) Their father left them alone to survive on their own.
(c) They contracted tuberculosis and nearly died.
(d) They were put into foster care.

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

5. What did D. B. Dayton and his family eat for dinner when they picked clay peas?
(a) Fried chicken and mashed potatoes.
(b) Pinto beans and cornbread.
(c) Catfish and turnip greens.
(d) Buttermilk and baked sweet potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What jobs did Carolyn Stradley work as a young girl to support herself ?

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

4. What work did Jud do with mules for many of his neighbors?

5. Why did Henry Harrison Mayes set a goal to put signs on other planets?

(see the answer key)

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