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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Haint Tales and Other Scary Stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of mill did Jud and his uncle build?
(a) A gristmill.
(b) A coffee mill.
(c) A syrup mill.
(d) A sawmill.

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

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) Weaving cloth.
(c) Helping with the cattle.
(d) Working in the sawmill or gristmill.

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

5. How did many of the Moore's customers pay their bills at the general store?
(a) With goods and services instead of cash.
(b) With loans from the Moore family.
(c) With scrip from the coal mines.
(d) With credit cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Jennie Arrowood, how did a fiddler evade a panther after him?

2. In what branch of the military did Jud serve in the 1940s?

3. What business did Earl Gillespie operate in addition to a general store?

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

5. What did Jud Nelson's uncle do for a living?

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