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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state capital did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Knoxville.

2. How many dollars did Hugh O'Connor pay the young miner for the use of the miner's image?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

3. In what year did Murray and Vance host a talk at the American Enterprise Institute?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1967.

4. Catte confesses to the reader that the 2016 election results "caused setbacks" (52) for her in relation to retaining what quality?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Grace.
(c) Hope.
(d) Patience.

5. 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?
(a) Workers' rights forever.
(b) I come creeping.
(c) Underground resistance.
(d) Sixteen tons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis Hine became known for documenting the lives of Appalachians living in what state?

2. By what decade had William Shockley "been largely disowned by the mainstream scientific community" (84)?

3. Bo Copley became a "coal country celebrity" (50) after a tense encounter with which politician?

4. The "the most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) essay Catte has encountered was published in what publication?

5. Catte asserts that "Harvard University paid just $2.82 in annual property taxes on 11, 182 acres of land" (13) in what year?

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