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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Both Murray and Vance are said to claim what ancestry?
(a) Scots-Irish.
(b) Greek.
(c) Welsh.
(d) French.

2. Bill Strode worked for what newspaper when he was arrested for documenting a protester's actions?
(a) The Courier-Journal.
(b) The Courier-Times.
(c) The Charlottesville-Patriot.
(d) The Stanford-Gazette.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The bulldozers that destroyed Ollie Combs's land were sent by what kind of company?

2. How many dollars did Hugh O'Connor pay the young miner for the use of the miner's image?

3. Catte laments that the memoir Hillbilly Elegy is populated by men who take what action?

4. Catte describes the first few scenes in the documentary Before the Mountain Was Moved by using what adjective?

5. Harry Caudill sent William Shockley an encouraging letter in what year?

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