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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 was a madstone?
(a) A stone thought to cure insanity in people.
(b) A stone from a deer's stomach that was used to cure rabies.
(c) A white stone worn to ward off diptheria.
(d) A blue stone used to treat depression.

2. How much education did Frank Moore receive?
(a) An eighth-grade education.
(b) A college degree.
(c) A fifth-grade education.
(d) A high-school diploma.

3. What food sweetener did Jud's father make?
(a) Honey.
(b) Cane sugar.
(c) Sorghum syrup.
(d) Maple syrup.

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

5. According to the tale Ada Crone told Carol Ramey, what haunted the Roane graveyard and followed people around there?
(a) A ghost dog.
(b) A ghost child.
(c) A light.
(d) A ghost sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season of the year did most of Jud's blacksmith customers pay for the work Jud had done for them?

2. What were panthers sometimes called in the mountains of Appalachia?

3. What was a reason people interviewed in Foxfire 9 gave for panthers entering homes?

4. What other business did John Moore run in addition to his general store?

5. What kind of mill did Jud and his uncle build?

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