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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. William Shockley was what kind of scientist who practiced his research in the United States?
(a) A physicist.
(b) A biologist.
(c) A geneticist.
(d) A sociologist.

4. In what decade was the FSA created in the United States?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1880s.
(d) The 1930s.

5. Catte discusses which president's extensive campaigning within Appalachia as a factor in the negative portrayals of Appalachians?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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 treasurer.
(d) The vice president.

7. Roger May is a friend of Catte who works as what type of artist?
(a) A dancer.
(b) A filmmaker.
(c) A photographer.
(d) A painter.

8. 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.

9. In what year did Ollie Combs endeavor to conduct a protest against her land being destroyed by bulldozers?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1965.

10. Much of Harry Caudil's advice to William Shockley in his second letter had to do with what aspect of the study?
(a) How to mask its true cost.
(b) How to manipulate its results.
(c) How to market it for publication.
(d) How to disguise its true nature.

11. In what year did Harry Caudill pass away?
(a) 1979.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1938.

12. 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.

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

14. The Moynihan Report was written by what type of scientist working for the United States government?
(a) A psychologist.
(b) A biologist.
(c) An anthropologist.
(d) A sociologist.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Huey Perry is described by Catte as leading a funeral procession composed of how many cars?

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

4. By 1974, William Shockley was openly advocating for what treatment of those he termed "genetically unfit" (85)?

5. On what holiday does Catte portray Ollie Combs as eating alone in her jail cell?

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