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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Charles Murray is described as having taken what action before later describing it as "a teenage prank" (88)?
(a) Killing a cat.
(b) Wearing blackface.
(c) Burning a cross.
(d) Robbing a house.

3. In what year did William Shockley debate the African American psychiatrist Frances Cress Welsing (84)?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1974.

4. Catte claims that Harry Caudil's work drew attention away from what other important cause?
(a) The Women's Suffrage movement.
(b) The Women's Liberation movement.
(c) The Civil Rights movement.
(d) The Gay Rights movement.

5. In what county did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Knott.
(c) Broward.
(d) Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what decade were Harry Caudil's works about Appalachia published?

3. What template does Vance use to present his picture of Appalachia?

4. In what year did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?

5. William Shockley was what kind of scientist who practiced his research in the United States?

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