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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Bruce Mosley's grandfather Pank treated by his masters during his days in slavery?
(a) He was lynched.
(b) He was treated kindly.
(c) He was beaten, treated badly and not allowed to pray.
(d) He was freed before the Civil War.

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

3. In what year was Bruce Mosley born?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1930.

4. How did the Foxfire organization involve the community in their plans for the Mountain City project?
(a) By holding town meetings to solicit community input.
(b) By asking for residents to submit blueprints for the project.
(c) By mailing out a survey to get community opinions.
(d) By going door to door to interview residents.

5. From what material were the Mountain City hotels constructed?
(a) Brick.
(b) Stucco.
(c) Stone.
(d) Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What building in Mountain City 1930's has burned?

2. What is the ethnic heritage of Viola Lenoir's grandmothers?

3. When did Harvey Penland see whites and blacks treated in the same manner?

4. What item does Eliot Wigginton not want to see on the menu of a diner in his community?

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

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