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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 114-132.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did private detectives hired by the owners of the Paint Creek mine terrorize the families of the workers in a particular state?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1957.

2. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Charlie Kaufman.
(b) Ron Howard.
(c) Steven Spielberg.
(d) Spike Jonze.

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

4. Catte began cataloguing what two types of documents about the "Appalachia Problem" (8)?
(a) Land covenants and interviews.
(b) Interviews and essays.
(c) Letters and land covenants.
(d) Census forms and essays.

5. In what year did a certain group of people swarm into Pikeville, Kentucky with the intention of holding a rally?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2014.

Short Answer Questions

1. The opening scenes of the documentary entitled Before the Mountain Was Moved depicts a conversation between a homeowner and a what?

2. What adjective does Catte use to describe the action Appalachians took "against corporate interests" (102)?

3. The FSA was created in an attempt to combat a particular societal ill by resettling whom?

4. Catte describes President Donald Trump's admiration for coal miners by using what two adjectives?

5. In what year was Carl Braden arrested and convicted of sedition against the government for helping to purchase a home for an African American family?

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