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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte describes President Donald Trump's admiration for coal miners by using what two adjectives?
(a) Subtle and throwaway.
(b) Ill-advised and offensive.
(c) Insincere and over-performed.
(d) Smarmy and sickening.

2. Much of Harry Caudil's advice to William Shockley in his second letter had to do with what aspect of the study?
(a) How to manipulate its results.
(b) How to mask its true cost.
(c) How to disguise its true nature.
(d) How to market it for publication.

3. In what way did the United Mine Workers of American react to the second Battle of Blair Mountain?
(a) They threatened to attack it.
(b) They boycotted it.
(c) They refused to comment.
(d) They sponsored it.

4. Ollie Combs was how old when she protested against the destruction of her land?
(a) 54.
(b) 89.
(c) 39.
(d) 66.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte names what "language" as one that Appalachians often "inject into [their] work" (98)?

2. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?

3. How many registered voters resided within McDowell County during the 2016 presidential election?

4. The "most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) essay Catte has encountered was published in what year?

5. In what year was the documentary Before the Mountain Was Moved released?

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