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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Harvey Penland's father value education and encourage Harvey to pursue his education?
(a) He thought Harvey could make money working without one.
(b) He had been a slave and didn't value education for blacks.
(c) He didn't read and didn't see why Harvey needed to read.
(d) He needed Harvey to help with farm chores.

2. What example of racial prejudice did Anna Tutt witness as a child?
(a) The beating of a black woman in public.
(b) The hanging of a black man.
(c) The denying of jobs to black workers.
(d) Being harassed by white children because of her race.

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

4. What career did Carrie Stewart begin at age 74?
(a) She became a school teacher.
(b) She became a pianist.
(c) She became a midwife.
(d) She became a novelist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did Carrie Stewart earn an award?

2. What major New York publisher gave the Foxfire organization a publishing contract for two books?

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

4. Who was the person hired to coordinate the development of manuscripts for Foxfire Press for one year?

5. From what material was the Mountain City town water fountain made?

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