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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 78-93.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harry Caudill asserted throughout his life that Appalachians' purported "dependency had something to do with" (85) what?
(a) Their poverty.
(b) Their lack of educational opportunities.
(c) Their climate.
(d) Their defective genes.

2. What county became the synonymous with the term "Trump Country," (32) according to Catte?
(a) McDowell.
(b) Carroll.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Caroline.

3. Catte states that Appalachians and their culture "are often relegated to" (9) what?
(a) The South.
(b) The past.
(c) The land of pariahs.
(d) The Midwest.

4. What claim does Catte make about the number "of towns in Appalachia without a visible African American or Latino community" (52)?
(a) There are none.
(b) There are many.
(c) The number is growing.
(d) There are few.

5. In what state is a particular cause said to be "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44)?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Moynihan Report was billed as an inquiry into what aspect of African American life?

2. The filmmaker Colin Low is quoted as stating that "A camera is like" (58) what object?

3. Catte notes of the Hatfield-McCoy feud that "it was a real event that occurred in Appalachia at the turn of" (39) which century?

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

5. Arthur Rothstein was known for documenting the lives of those evicted from their homes as a result of what construction project?

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