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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The National Review did NOT use what term to refer to the people of Appalachia?
(a) Addicted.
(b) Disenfranchised.
(c) Dependent.
(d) Unemployed.

2. In what decade was the FSA created in the United States?
(a) The 1880s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1950s.

3. Lewis Hine became known for documenting the lives of Appalachians living in what state?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.

4. Bill Strode worked for a newspaper based in what city when he was arrested for documenting a protester's actions?
(a) Tuscaloosa.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Louisville.
(d) Nashville.

5. Robert Payne was a disabled African American miner who acted as what official in the Disabled Miners and Widows organization?
(a) The vice president.
(b) The president.
(c) The secretary.
(d) The treasurer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Myles Horton was "a labor and civil rights activist" (98) from what state?

2. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?

3. In what year was The Moynihan Report published?

4. In what year did the sheriff of Pike County, Kentucky order a raid on the home of community organizers Karen and Joseph Malloy?

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

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