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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. 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) Cancer.
(c) Ulcers.
(d) Pneumonia.

2. In making a traditional fan quilt, what was considered a sign of a sloppy quilter?
(a) Making big, far-apart lines of stitching.
(b) Uneven quilt squares.
(c) Uneven fans.
(d) Using thread and fabric that didn't match each other in color.

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

4. Which traditional quilt pattern was composed entirely of hexagons?
(a) The drunkard's path quilt.
(b) The "grandmother's flower garden" quilt.
(c) The bear paw quilt.
(d) The Dresden plate quilt.

5. According to Foxfire researchers, what amount of money did most people spend in the Moore general store during the course of a year in the early days of the store's operation?
(a) Ten to twenty dollars.
(b) Fifty to a hundred dollars.
(c) One to two hundred dollars.
(d) Less than ten dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did many of the Moore's customers pay their bills at the general store?

2. Where was Nola Campbell born?

3. Who taught Nola Campbell to make pottery?

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

5. What kind of quilt did Edith Cannon's mother make all six of her daughters?

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