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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a form of payment that Henry Youngblood accepted for his herbal doctoring?
(a) A credit card.
(b) A service.
(c) Barter.
(d) Money.

2. What disease did Flora Youngblood cure by saying a Bible verse and blowing in the mouth of the afflicted for three days in a row?
(a) Thrush.
(b) Ulcers.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

3. 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) Working the farm or tending the gardens.
(b) Helping with the cattle.
(c) Weaving cloth.
(d) Working in the sawmill or gristmill.

4. When was the general store operated by Patton D. Queen opened?
(a) In the 1950s.
(b) In the early 1900s.
(c) In the 1800s.
(d) In the 1700s.

5. What did Roy Roberts, another owner of a general store, sell to the train engineers as they drove through his town?
(a) Socks and shoes.
(b) Ham.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cake.

6. How did the number of accounts held by women at the Moore's general store compare to the number of accounts held by men?
(a) Few accounts were held by women.
(b) Most accounts were held by women.
(c) No accounts were held by women.
(d) All accounts were held by women.

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

8. What New York publisher published the Foxfire series, of which Foxfire 9 is a part?
(a) Springer Verlach.
(b) Berkley Jove.
(c) Random House.
(d) Doubleday.

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

10. When did Nola Campbell learn how to make pottery?
(a) At age thirteen.
(b) At age thirty.
(c) At age twenty.
(d) At age fifty.

11. With what animals did a boy once pay Roy Roberts?
(a) Possums.
(b) Skunks.
(c) Foxes.
(d) Bears.

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

13. What trade did Frank Moore have to learn because his family was so poor?
(a) Pottery making.
(b) Gunsmithing.
(c) Blacksmithing.
(d) Trapping animals for fur trading.

14. What were the fascinators sold in general stores?
(a) Candy made from dried apples and honey.
(b) Crocheted, triangular shawls to cover the head & shoulders.
(c) Wooden toys for babies.
(d) Handheld mirrors.

15. What remedy was used in the mountains for stings?
(a) A dandelion green poultice.
(b) Salt.
(c) A milkweed poultice.
(d) Castor oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became confining about the format of the Foxfire series?

2. Who wrote the articles in the Foxfire series?

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

4. What problem arose due to the books in the Foxfire series presenting a range of topics in each volume?

5. Who taught Nola Campbell to make pottery?

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