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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 asserts that both Harry Caudill and William Shockley promoted the implementation of what practice all the way until their deaths?
(a) Agricultural laws.
(b) Coal mining unions.
(c) Eugenics.
(d) Indian boarding schools.

2. Catte and her partner moved from one state to another how many months before the 2016 presidential election?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. In what part of the United States is Appalachia located?
(a) Northern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Western.
(d) Southern.

4. The "most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) essay Catte has encountered was published in what year?
(a) 2017.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2016.

5. What book argued that people living in impoverished areas were "less evolved" (76) than other people?
(a) Pitiful Folk.
(b) Lamentable Folk.
(c) Degenerate Folk.
(d) Hollow Folk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte asserts that prior to 2016, the last time Appalachia garnered the attention of the rest of the country was in what decade?

2. Young women in what state testified in court that they had seen bulldozers "rip through a family cemetery" (100)?

3. According to Catte, citizens of Appalachia often view their identity as what metaphorical object?

4. Bill Strode worked for what newspaper when he was arrested for documenting a protester's actions?

5. What war does Catte associate with "an indelible imprint" (10)?

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