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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Catte, what was the subject of the talk between Murray and Vance at the American Enterprise Institute?
(a) The decline of the white working class.
(b) Welfare reform.
(c) Education reform.
(d) The decline of the middle class.

2. Catte states that in the 1960s, what county had a population of "just 5,000 people, most of them poor" (101)?
(a) Broward.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Pike.
(d) Knott.

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?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1969.

4. 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 treasurer.
(c) The secretary.
(d) The vice president.

5. The "most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) essay Catte has encountered was published in what year?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2015.

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

7. Charles Murray is described as having taken what action before later describing it as "a teenage prank" (88)?
(a) Burning a cross.
(b) Killing a cat.
(c) Robbing a house.
(d) Wearing blackface.

8. William Shockley worked as a scientist at what institution when he emerged as a leader within a particular movement?
(a) The United States Department of Agriculture.
(b) Harvard College.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Stanford University.

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

10. Young women in what state testified in court that they had seen bulldozers "rip through a family cemetery" (100)?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) West Virginia.

11. Catte claims that Harry Caudil's work drew attention away from what other important cause?
(a) The Women's Liberation movement.
(b) The Women's Suffrage movement.
(c) The Gay Rights movement.
(d) The Civil Rights movement.

12. The "the most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) essay Catte has encountered was published in what publication?
(a) The Louisville Tribune.
(b) The National Review.
(c) The Charleston Gazette.
(d) The New Republic.

13. Harry Caudill sent William Shockley an encouraging letter in what year?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1974.

14. In what decade were Harry Caudil's works about Appalachia published?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The 1890s.
(d) The 1930s.

15. Huey Perry is described by Catte as leading a funeral procession composed of how many cars?
(a) 100.
(b) 80.
(c) 30.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ollie Combs was how old when she protested against the destruction of her land?

3. Catte names an essay by which writer as "the most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) piece she has encountered?

4. Lewis Hine became known for documenting the lives of Appalachians living in what state?

5. The bulldozers that destroyed Ollie Combs's land were sent by what kind of company?

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