2. What business did Earl Gillespie operate in addition to a general store?
(a) A blacksmith shop.
(b) A gristmill.
(c) A coffee mill.
(d) A dental office.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What remedy was used in the mountains for stings?

2. Which traditional quilt pattern was composed entirely of hexagons?

3. What was the third book published by Foxfire Press?

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

5. How many copies of the Foxfire books have been printed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ed and Martha Roane help their customers get through the depression?

2. Explain what foxfire is and what makes it glow.

3. What are some of the home remedies that Flora Youngblood's father, Henry, used?

4. What were some of the Indian superstitions Nola Campbell encountered on the Catawba reservation?

5. What goods were sold at the Fort Hembree store operated by the Moore family and what do the ledgers of the store from the 1840s reveal about the shopping habits of the era?

6. For what purpose did Flora Youngblood first learn to make baskets and from what did she make her baskets?

7. How have fictional stories treated foxfire and other glowing plants?

8. What kinds of books have been printed by Foxfire Press and what kinds of books does Foxfire Press plan to print in the future?

9. How did Flora Youngblood's father, Henry, learn herbal healing?

10. What does foxfire feel like and where are the best places to find it?

(see the answer keys)

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