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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blacks in Appalachia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Eliot Wigginton not want to see on the menu of a diner in his community?
(a) Chili.
(b) Tofu.
(c) French fries.
(d) Hamburgers.

2. What is the name of the county seat of Eliot Wigginton's county?
(a) Cynthiana.
(b) Marietta.
(c) Rabun Gap.
(d) Clayton.

3. What major New York publisher gave the Foxfire organization a publishing contract for two books?
(a) Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.
(b) McMillan.
(c) E. P. Dutton Company.
(d) Harper and Row.

4. What building in Mountain City 1930's has burned?
(a) The railroad depot.
(b) The gristmill.
(c) One of the hotels.
(d) One of the churches.

5. What is the ethnic heritage of Viola Lenoir's grandmothers?
(a) One was African and one was Chinese.
(b) One was African and one was White.
(c) One was African and one was Indian.
(d) Both were African.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change does Eliot Wigginton say in the book's introduction is about to be made to the highway in Mountain City?

2. What kinds of dances were held at the Mountain City hotels in the 1930's?

3. What kind of communities does Eliot Wigginton like?

4. What injustices did Harvey Penland see whites commit against blacks?

5. What was the Tutt family supposed to put on their cotton plants to kill boll weevils?

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