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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In strip mining, how many acres are disturbed for every acre mined?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 7
(d) 5
2. "The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man" addresses what subject?
(a) Abolition
(b) Strip mining
(c) Civil Rights
(d) Politics
3. What is mined in the state in the answer to #122?
(a) Gold
(b) Diamonds
(c) Uranium
(d) Coal
4. In addition to aviation, at what other skill do the aviators excel?
(a) Engineering
(b) Finance
(c) Writing
(d) Art
5. Where does Plowden fall in love with trains?
(a) Vermont
(b) Colorado
(c) California
(d) Maine
6. What number is the end mark in journalistic pieces as well as the day of the month that Richter died?
(a) 3
(b) 33
(c) 13
(d) 30
7. In what city does David McCullough live and work?
(a) Boston
(b) New York
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Philadelphia
8. Why is Miriam's wealthy Uncle Walter almost always in debt?
(a) He can't stop buying houses
(b) He is an unparalleled philanthropist
(c) He gives away yachts to friends
(d) He is building a world-class butterfly collection
9. According to McCullough, who is the last U.S. president to have a sense of history?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(b) William J. Clinton
(c) John F. Kennedy
(d) Harry S. Truman
10. What is an elemental part of Richter's stories?
(a) Mexico
(b) The land
(c) Politics
(d) Religion
11. What is Conrad Richter's first novel?
(a) Seasons of Love
(b) The Sea of Grass
(c) Seaside Serenade
(d) The Sea Has No Secrets
12. What does Plowden lack to be a newspaper photographer?
(a) A long lens
(b) Interviewing skills
(c) Thick skin
(d) Perseverance
13. What does Caudill call his tours of Kentucky strip mines for visitors from other states?
(a) Kentucky's Lesions
(b) Harry's House of Horrors
(c) Yours, Mine and Theirs Tours
(d) Harry's Horror Tours
14. Lindbergh is drawn to the Masai people's ________________.
(a) food
(b) culture
(c) kinship with nature
(d) art
15. Who becomes the spokesman for the Kentucky residents affected by strip mining?
(a) William Lexington
(b) John Muir
(c) Henry Clay
(d) Harry Monroe Caudill
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the building where presidential guests are housed?
2. How many children does Miriam have?
3. "Cross the Blue Mountain" is a remembrance of whom?
4. Who does the United States displace as the center of world power during this period?
5. Which of the following does Plowden not arrive in time to photograph before its demise?
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