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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte describes the Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People as what kind of organization?
(a) Grassroots.
(b) Idealistic.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Naive.

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

3. Catte makes the claim that "white Appalachians became persona non grata after" (83) what event?
(a) The failure of the War on Poverty.
(b) The failure of The New Deal.
(c) The success of the War on Poverty.
(d) The failure of Prohibition.

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

5. Catte describes Judy Bonds as a grandmother who "became the face of" (98) what type of activism?
(a) Anti-mountaintop-removal.
(b) Anti-fracking.
(c) Anti-erosion.
(d) Anti-gold mining.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. In what year did Murray and Vance host a talk at the American Enterprise Institute?
(a) 1989.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2016.
(d) 1967.

13. Lewis Hine became known for documenting the lives of Appalachians living in what state?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.

14. The saboteurs who ambushed the Round Mountain Coal Company inflicted just under how many dollars in damage?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 30 million.
(c) 7 million.
(d) 11 million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did William Shockley debate the African American psychiatrist Frances Cress Welsing (84)?

2. Catte asserts that "the Mulloys and McSurelys were indeed attempting to help poor individuals in the mountains seize power from" (98) whom?

3. Harry Caudill sent William Shockley an encouraging letter in what year?

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

5. Anne Braden attended the trial of which of her family members when he was accused of sedition?

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