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

2. What is Anna Tutt's marital state?
(a) She is engaged to be married.
(b) She is divorced.
(c) She is widowed.
(d) She is single and has never married.

3. What kind of communities does Eliot Wigginton like?
(a) Large cities.
(b) Small towns.
(c) Communes.
(d) Suburbs of large cities.

4. What injustices did Harvey Penland see whites commit against blacks?
(a) Lynchings.
(b) Burning of crosses on black property by the KKK.
(c) Beatings of slaves.
(d) The taking of black-owned land by white government.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why don't Mountain City residents want to build something that would draw increased tourists to their community?

3. What did the Tutt family grow on their farm?

4. What did Anna Tutt's grandmother do for a living?

5. When Harvey Penland was a child, how long was his school year?

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