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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 year did the sheriff of Pike County, Kentucky order a raid on the home of community organizers Karen and Joseph Malloy?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1967.

2. Catte feels that she is the product of which two worlds?
(a) The mountains and the marketplace.
(b) The mountains and the estate.
(c) The mountains and the streets.
(d) The mountains and the academy.

3. In what year did a certain group of people swarm into Pikeville, Kentucky with the intention of holding a rally?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2009.

4. What does Catte assert about the number of people "who know and celebrate a different Appalachia" (9)?
(a) Their numbers are growing.
(b) Their numbers are shrinking.
(c) They are few.
(d) They are many.

5. In what decade was the FSA created in the United States?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1880s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did individuals from a large number of organizations march on Blair Mountain?

2. Jack E. Weller was a writer who originally hailed from what state?

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

4. Catte laments that the memoir Hillbilly Elegy is populated by men who take what action?

5. Approximately how many square miles make up the region of Appalachia?

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