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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte names an essay by which writer as "the most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) piece she has encountered?
(a) Ezra Koenig.
(b) Carl Braden.
(c) Jason Allen.
(d) Kevin Baker.

2. By what decade had William Shockley "been largely disowned by the mainstream scientific community" (84)?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1990s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1960s.

3. Anne Braden attended the trial of which of her family members when he was accused of sedition?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her brother.

4. Carl Braden was sentenced to what length of time for sedition against the government?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

5. The National Review did NOT use what term to refer to the people of Appalachia?
(a) Unemployed.
(b) Disenfranchised.
(c) Addicted.
(d) Dependent.

6. Robert Payne was a disabled African American miner who acted as what official in the Disabled Miners and Widows organization?
(a) The president.
(b) The secretary.
(c) The vice president.
(d) The treasurer.

7. In what year did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1925.

8. By 1974, William Shockley was openly advocating for what treatment of those he termed "genetically unfit" (85)?
(a) Trade program enrollment.
(b) Euthanasia.
(c) Forcible relocation.
(d) Coercive sterilization.

9. What adjective does Catte use to describe the action Appalachians took "against corporate interests" (102)?
(a) Radical.
(b) Ineffective.
(c) Subversive.
(d) Ingenious.

10. 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) Public school educators.
(b) Wealthy coal mine owners.
(c) Poor white Appalachians.
(d) Civil rights activists.

11. Arthur Rothstein was known for documenting the lives of those evicted from their homes as a result of what construction project?
(a) A coal mine.
(b) A zoo.
(c) A protected marshland.
(d) A national park.

12. In what year was The Moynihan Report published?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1975.

13. Catte asserts that "the Mulloys and McSurelys were indeed attempting to help poor individuals in the mountains seize power from" (98) whom?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) People of color.
(c) The government.
(d) Land ownership.

14. In what year did Kentucky succeed in terminating "the funding for many anti-poverty workers" (102)?
(a) 1979.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1945.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Harry Caudill asserted throughout his life that Appalachians' purported "dependency had something to do with" (85) what?

3. In what year did Ollie Combs endeavor to conduct a protest against her land being destroyed by bulldozers?

4. Myles Horton was "a labor and civil rights activist" (98) from what state?

5. 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?

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