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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of Appalachians identify as white?
(a) 80.
(b) 90.
(c) 70.
(d) 60.

2. In what decade were Harry Caudil's works about Appalachia published?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1890s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1960s.

3. Both Trump and what other candidate won Appalachia by a wide margin in the 2016 West Virginia primary?
(a) Sanders.
(b) Clinton.
(c) Rubio.
(d) Carson.

4. Catte states that Appalachia can be counted upon to be defined in what way?
(a) Contentiously.
(b) Proudly.
(c) Messily.
(d) Continually.

5. Bo Copley became a "coal country celebrity" (50) after a tense encounter with which politician?
(a) Ben Carson.
(b) Donald Trump.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) Marco Rubio.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the week of battle between the private army and the mine workers, what phrase did the miners and their scouts use to identify their allies?

2. Catte asserts that all but which of the following citizens of Appalachia were left out of Hillbilly Elegy?

3. The film being made by Hugh O'Connor and his crew at the time of O'Connor's murder was slated to be shown at which venue?

4. 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?

5. Charles Murray is described as having taken what action before later describing it as "a teenage prank" (88)?

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