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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nola Campbell - Catawba Indian Potter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have reviewers stopped reviewing the new books in the Foxfire series?
(a) They can find little new to say about the series.
(b) They think the series is too old-fashioned.
(c) They think the series has received too much publicity.
(d) They hate the series.

2. What was the third book published by Foxfire Press?
(a) A Baptist hymnal.
(b) A book of mountain toys and games.
(c) A book on gunsmithing.
(d) A book of herbal remedies.

3. What did Captain Irish Bill Moore and his wife Hattie often have to battle?
(a) Ants that infested the general store.
(b) Competition from other stores.
(c) Roughriders or bandits.
(d) Mice that infested the general store.

4. Which of the following was not a quilt pattern traditionally made in Appalachia?
(a) The Joseph coat of many colors.
(b) The cat's paw.
(c) The spider web.
(d) The log cabin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a form of payment that Henry Youngblood accepted for his herbal doctoring?

2. What did Flora learn to boil honeysuckle vines with to remove the bark?

3. What was the customary occasion on which to give a friendship quilt to someone in the Appalachian mountains in the 1890s?

4. In making a traditional fan quilt, what was considered a sign of a sloppy quilter?

5. Who raised the sheep that produced the wool from which Edith Cannon's mother made her quilt batting?

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