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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Tennessee.

2. In what year did four masked men attack the night watchman employed by the Round Mountain Coal Company?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1946.
(d) 2002.

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

4. In what county did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
(a) Broward.
(b) Knott.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Jackson.

5. Linda Tate is an Appalachian author who "tells of the re-discovery" (90) of what kind of roots?
(a) Her Cherokee roots.
(b) Her Iroquois roots.
(c) Her French-Canadian roots.
(d) Her Welsh roots.

6. Huey Perry was instrumental in "directing community action groups in the poorest parts of" (103) what state?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) West Virginia.

7. 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) 1943.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1969.

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

9. 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) Education reform.
(c) Welfare reform.
(d) The decline of the middle class.

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

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

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

13. Catte names what "language" as one that Appalachians often "inject into [their] work" (98)?
(a) Emotional intelligence.
(b) Poetic.
(c) Music.
(d) Visual literacy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bill Strode worked for what newspaper when he was arrested for documenting a protester's actions?

3. William Shockley claimed that his research led him to what conclude that African Americans were predisposed for what characteristic?

4. The saboteurs who ambushed the Round Mountain Coal Company inflicted just under how many dollars in damage?

5. The Moynihan Report was billed as an inquiry into what aspect of African American life?

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