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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under which United States president's administration was the Farm Security Agency (FSA) formed?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Taft.
(c) Truman.
(d) Eisenhower.

2. The young women who testified in court that they had seen bulldozers destroy a family graveyard lived in what area of their state?
(a) Western.
(b) Northern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Eastern.

3. Both Trump and what other candidate won Appalachia by a wide margin in the 2016 West Virginia primary?
(a) Rubio.
(b) Clinton.
(c) Carson.
(d) Sanders.

4. Catte describes the belief that Appalachians could escape the problems of the region if they would only move by using what term?
(a) Naive.
(b) Insidious.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Wrong.

5. What kind of Darwinism posited a link between privilege and innate superiority?
(a) Social.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Marxist.
(d) Ethnocentric.

Short Answer Questions

1. The National Review did NOT use what term to refer to the people of Appalachia?

2. Robert Payne was a disabled African American miner who acted as what official in the Disabled Miners and Widows organization?

3. Catte laments the tradition of "casting Appalachia as what kind of 'other America'" (8)?

4. Catte describes the Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People as what kind of organization?

5. In what Tennessee city close to Catte's home can tourists eat "feudin' fried chicken" at the "Hatfield-McCoy Dinner Show" (39)?

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