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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte describes the Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People as what kind of organization?
(a) Naive.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Idealistic.
(d) Grassroots.

2. What adjective did T.C. Crawford use repeatedly to describe Appalachians within his book about Appalachia?
(a) Vacuous.
(b) Barbaric.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Savage.

3. Catte laments the tradition of "casting Appalachia as what kind of 'other America'" (8)?
(a) Illogical.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Backwards.
(d) Monolithic.

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?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1935.

5. What does Catte assert about the number of people "who know and celebrate a different Appalachia" (9)?
(a) Their numbers are shrinking.
(b) Their numbers are growing.
(c) They are few.
(d) They are many.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Kentucky succeed in terminating "the funding for many anti-poverty workers" (102)?

2. Catte states that what cause "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44) in a particular state?

3. Huey Perry is described by Catte as leading a funeral procession composed of how many cars?

4. Robert Payne was a disabled African American miner who acted as what official in the Disabled Miners and Widows organization?

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

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