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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Catte states that in the 1960s, what county had a population of "just 5,000 people, most of them poor" (101)?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Broward.
(c) Knott.
(d) Pike.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte asserts that prior to 2016, the last time Appalachia garnered the attention of the rest of the country was in what decade?

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

3. In what year did Kentucky succeed in terminating "the funding for many anti-poverty workers" (102)?

4. Linda Tate is an Appalachian author who "tells of the re-discovery" (90) of what kind of roots?

5. In what year did Ollie Combs endeavor to conduct a protest against her land being destroyed by bulldozers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one anomaly within the group of images Catte conjures when she thinks about the destruction of Appalachian land?

2. When Catte thinks about the destruction done to Appalachian land, of what types of images are her thoughts largely composed?

3. What advice does Catte provide for dealing with the Hillbilly Elegy zeitgeist, and what actions does Jillean McCommons add to that advice?

4. Describe the incident with Ollie Combs in 1965.

5. What connection does Catte draw among William Shockley, Harry Caudill, and J.D. Vance?

6. What does Catte name as the main flaw of popular narratives depicting Appalachia?

7. What connection does Catte make between Appalachian writers and their use of the language of visual literacy?

8. For what purpose does Catte draw a connection among William Shockley, Harry Caudill, and J.D. Vance?

9. Catte states that before 2016, "the last time the nation took such an obsessive interest in West Virginia's politics was" (77) on what occasion?

10. What connection does Catte make between Harry Caudill and William Shockley?

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