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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what decade were Harry Caudil's works about Appalachia published?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1890s.

2. Catte asserts that prior to 2016, the last time Appalachia garnered the attention of the rest of the country was in what decade?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1920s.

3. Catte states that the Moynihan Report had been of little use to the United States government after which group of people denounced the report?
(a) Wealthy coal mine owners.
(b) Poor white Appalachians.
(c) Civil rights activists.
(d) Public school educators.

4. Catte discusses the merits of which of Jack E. Weller's works?
(a) Yesterday's People: Life in Contemporary Appalachia.
(b) All the Lonely People: Life in Contemporary Appalachia.
(c) Deliverance No More: Life in Contemporary Appalachia.
(d) A New Leaf: Life in Contemporary Appalachia.

5. Catte states that Hillbilly Elegy is "currently at" (8) how many "weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 90.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book argued that people living in impoverished areas were "less evolved" (76) than other people?

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

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

4. Much of Harry Caudil's advice to William Shockley in his second letter had to do with what aspect of the study?

5. What work by Karl Marx was found in the raid on the home of Karen and Joseph Mulloy?

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