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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 did Anna Tutt's grandmother do for a living?
(a) She was a musician.
(b) She washed and ironed clothes.
(c) She was a nurse.
(d) She was a teacher.

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

3. Which of the following statements does not describe who Allen Levy is?
(a) A volunteer worker for the Mountain City project.
(b) A grad student at the University of Carolina in architecture.
(c) The local mayor's son.
(d) Someone offering free labor in exchange for experience.

4. What organization gave Foxfire a grant that allowed the organization to hire a person to coordinate the development of manuscripts for Foxfire Press for one year?
(a) The National Foundation for the Arts.
(b) The Georgia Council for the Arts.
(c) The McNair Foundation.
(d) The Putnam-Southerland Foundation.

5. Whose death made Anna Tutt's childhood even more difficult?
(a) Her father's.
(b) Her twin sister's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Her grandfather's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What career did Carrie Stewart begin at age 74?

2. From what material were the Mountain City hotels constructed?

3. In what area(s) did Viola Lenoir work?

4. Which of Harvey's ancestors was a slave?

5. To where would Carrie Stewart walk barefoot in the mud as a child?

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