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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The University of Chicago's S.S. MacClintock wrote about the Hatfield-McCoy feud in which journal?
(a) American Journal of Sociology.
(b) American Journal of Cultural Anthropology.
(c) American Journal of Psychology.
(d) American Journal of Criminal Law.

2. 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?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1943.

3. Around how many coal miners worked in Appalachia, as of the time of Catte's publication?
(a) 54,000.
(b) 36,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 18,000.

4. Catte concludes that media coverage of what disaster "naturalized many practices in Appalachia" (20)?
(a) The Triangle Mine Disaster.
(b) The Sago Mine disaster.
(c) The Ball Mine Disaster.
(d) The Cherry Mine Disaster.

5. About how many people live within the region of Appalachia?
(a) 15 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 25 million.
(d) 10 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many objectives does Catte name for her nonfiction work What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?

3. The FSA was created in an attempt to combat what social ill?

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

5. Catte began cataloguing what two types of documents about the "Appalachia Problem" (8)?

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