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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 97-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many square miles make up the region of Appalachia?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 700,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 3 million.

2. Catte names an essay by which writer as "the most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) piece she has encountered?
(a) Carl Braden.
(b) Ezra Koenig.
(c) Jason Allen.
(d) Kevin Baker.

3. In what year was The Moynihan Report published?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1975.

4. Catte states that in a "former life," (54) she had served in what position?
(a) A librarian.
(b) A coal miner.
(c) A translator.
(d) A social worker.

5. 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) 1935.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte describes Judy Bonds as a grandmother who "became the face of" (98) what type of activism?

2. About how many people live within the region of Appalachia?

3. In what state did private detectives hired by a negotiating coal company terrorize women and children with machine gun fire?

4. In what year did the sheriff of Pike County, Kentucky order a raid on the home of community organizers Karen and Joseph Malloy?

5. Catte states that when she imagines her region's history, she sees what objects?

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