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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte states that when she imagines her region's history, she sees what objects?
(a) Shadows.
(b) Smiles.
(c) Gravestones.
(d) Photographs.

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

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

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

5. The FSA was created in an attempt to combat what social ill?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) Poverty.

6. Both Murray and Vance are said to claim what ancestry?
(a) Greek.
(b) French.
(c) Scots-Irish.
(d) Welsh.

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

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

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

10. Robert Payne was a disabled African American miner who acted as what official in the Disabled Miners and Widows organization?
(a) The treasurer.
(b) The president.
(c) The secretary.
(d) The vice president.

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

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

13. Carl Braden was sentenced to what length of time for sedition against the government?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 35 years.

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

15. Catte asserts that "the Mulloys and McSurelys were indeed attempting to help poor individuals in the mountains seize power from" (98) whom?
(a) People of color.
(b) The government.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) Land ownership.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?

2. What book argued that people living in impoverished areas were "less evolved" (76) than other people?

3. Huey Perry was instrumental in "directing community action groups in the poorest parts of" (103) what state?

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

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

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