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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. Ollie Combs was how old when she protested against the destruction of her land?
(a) 66.
(b) 54.
(c) 89.
(d) 39.

2. 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.

3. In what year did William Shockley debate the African American psychiatrist Frances Cress Welsing (84)?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1911.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The "most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) essay Catte has encountered was published in what year?

2. In what year did the sheriff of Pike County, Kentucky order a raid on the home of community organizers Karen and Joseph Malloy?

3. Young women in what state testified in court that they had seen bulldozers "rip through a family cemetery" (100)?

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

5. The young women who testified in court that they had seen bulldozers destroy a family graveyard lived in what area of their state?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the link between the War on Poverty and the rise of eugenics.

6. What qualities does Catte assert are shared by both J.D. Vance and Harry Caudill?

7. What tradition does Catte name as "one of the finest and oldest Appalachian traditions" (98)?

8. What was the Moynihan Report?

9. What connection does Catte make between Communism and the civil rights movement?

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

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