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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 97-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Alabama.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Tennessee.

2. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?
(a) Violent hysteria.
(b) Reluctant tolerance.
(c) Strong hatred.
(d) Cunning strategy.

3. The "most significant labor uprising in United States history" included around how many African American men and women?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 200.
(d) 500.

4. In what year did Ollie Combs endeavor to conduct a protest against her land being destroyed by bulldozers?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1985.

5. Catte names what "language" as one that Appalachians often "inject into [their] work" (98)?
(a) Emotional intelligence.
(b) Poetic.
(c) Music.
(d) Visual literacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The young women who testified in court that they had seen bulldozers destroy a family graveyard lived in what area of their state?

2. What percentage of McDowell county residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election?

3. William Shockley was what kind of scientist who practiced his research in the United States?

4. Catte finds the most fault with which element of Vance's public persona during the book tour for Hillbilly Elegy?

5. The Moynihan Report was written by what type of scientist working for the United States government?

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