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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did private detectives hired by a negotiating coal company terrorize women and children with machine gun fire?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Tennessee.

2. Harry Caudil's work focused on which group of people within Appalachia?
(a) Poor whites.
(b) Poor Latin Americans.
(c) Poor African Americans.
(d) Orphans.

3. Under which U.S. president did the War on Poverty evolve, according to Catte?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Carter.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Johnson.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many registered voters resided within McDowell County during the 2016 presidential election?

2. In what year was The Moynihan Report published?

3. What claim does Catte make about the number "of towns in Appalachia without a visible African American or Latino community" (52)?

4. How many states contain Appalachian counties?

5. The Appalachian Regional Commission created a definition of Appalachia that included how many counties?

(see the answer key)

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