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

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) 1972.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1967.

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

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

4. Harry Caudill asserted throughout his life that Appalachians' purported "dependency had something to do with" (85) what?
(a) Their climate.
(b) Their defective genes.
(c) Their lack of educational opportunities.
(d) Their poverty.

5. The bulldozers that destroyed Ollie Combs's land were sent by what kind of company?
(a) Transportation.
(b) Oil.
(c) Timber.
(d) Coal.

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

7. Ollie Combs was how old when she protested against the destruction of her land?
(a) 89.
(b) 54.
(c) 66.
(d) 39.

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

9. Bill Strode worked for what newspaper when he was arrested for documenting a protester's actions?
(a) The Charlottesville-Patriot.
(b) The Courier-Journal.
(c) The Courier-Times.
(d) The Stanford-Gazette.

10. Bill Strode worked for a newspaper based in what city when he was arrested for documenting a protester's actions?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Louisville.
(d) Tuscaloosa.

11. 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.

12. Catte asserts that both Harry Caudill and William Shockley promoted the implementation of what practice all the way until their deaths?
(a) Coal mining unions.
(b) Indian boarding schools.
(c) Agricultural laws.
(d) Eugenics.

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

14. Myles Horton was "a labor and civil rights activist" (98) from what state?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Kentucky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Catte use to describe the action Appalachians took "against corporate interests" (102)?

2. Catte states that in the 1960s, what county had "over fifty millionaires" (101)?

3. The FSA employed artists of what sort to document the lives of Appalachians?

4. Catte claims that Harry Caudil's work drew attention away from what other important cause?

5. Carl Braden was sentenced to what length of time for sedition against the government?

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