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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were crazy quilts?
(a) Friendship quilts, personalized and presented as a gift.
(b) Quilts with both stripes and polka dots.
(c) Quilts made in asymmetrical patterns.
(d) Quilts stitched in a hurry.

2. What became confining about the format of the Foxfire series?
(a) The books were too big.
(b) It required too many interviews per book.
(c) It limited the presentation of the topics.
(d) It got too repetitive.

3. What was the name of the general store the Moore family established?
(a) The Rabun Gap General Store.
(b) Moore's General Store.
(c) The Fort Hembree store.
(d) The Moore Grocery Store.

4. 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 hired a clerk who could read and write to track his debts.
(b) He trusted his customers to remember how much they owed.
(c) He relied on his memory.
(d) He drew pictures of the items purchased.

5. What did D. B. Dayton's father work for instead of money?
(a) Shelter.
(b) Transportation.
(c) Food.
(d) Medical care for an ailing child.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jud was seventeen, for whom did he work?

2. According to Ruth Holcomb, what did a bald eagle do to a baby?

3. What did Charles Phillips do for a living?

4. Which of the following was not an ingredient in the home remedies listed in Foxfire 9?

5. On what kind of beds did D. B. Dayton and his family sleep during D. B.'s childhood?

(see the answer key)

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