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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 private detectives hired by the owners of the Paint Creek mine terrorize the families of the workers in a particular state?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1912.

2. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Virginia.

3. The two instruments often associated with Appalachia are classified as what types of instruments?
(a) Reeds.
(b) Strings.
(c) Percussion.
(d) Woodwinds.

4. Catte comments that the most fascinating scene in Before the Mountain Was Moved involves a conversation about "what we would today call" (116) what?
(a) Microaggressions.
(b) White privilege.
(c) Sexual harassment.
(d) Passing.

5. In what state is a particular cause said to be "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44)?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Kentucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade were Harry Caudil's works about Appalachia published?

2. The work of Jack E. Weller's focused upon by Catte was published in what year?

3. In what year was Carl Braden arrested and convicted of sedition against the government for helping to purchase a home for an African American family?

4. Catte describes President Donald Trump's admiration for coal miners by using what two adjectives?

5. Bo Copley became a "coal country celebrity" (50) after a tense encounter with which politician?

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