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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 114-132.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. William Shockley was what kind of scientist who practiced his research in the United States?
(a) A geneticist.
(b) A physicist.
(c) A biologist.
(d) A sociologist.

2. The "weeklong campaign during which miners fought valiantly against a private army" was called "The Battle of" (46) what?
(a) Mount Constitution.
(b) Bison Mountain.
(c) Mount Mitchell.
(d) Blair Mountain.

3. What percentage of McDowell county residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election?
(a) 79.
(b) 46.
(c) 27.
(d) 89.

4. Individuals from how many different organizations marched on Blair Mountain sometime in the twenty-first century?
(a) 44.
(b) 29.
(c) 65.
(d) 37.

5. What group does Catte assert rarely exists "in the worlds popular authors create for us" (116)?
(a) Religious people.
(b) Progressive white people.
(c) People of color.
(d) Conflicted racists.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did four masked men attack the night watchman employed by the Round Mountain Coal Company?

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

3. Catte describes the belief that Appalachians could escape the problems of the region if they would only move by using what term?

4. The filmmaker Colin Low is quoted as stating that "A camera is like" (58) what object?

5. Huey Perry was instrumental in "directing community action groups in the poorest parts of" (103) what state?

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