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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. In what year did the sheriff of Pike County, Kentucky order a raid on the home of community organizers Karen and Joseph Malloy?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1993.

2. In what year did Kentucky succeed in terminating "the funding for many anti-poverty workers" (102)?
(a) 1979.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1945.

3. What was the name of the organization that "publicized [William Shockley's] work in white nationalist circles" (88)?
(a) The Pioneer Fund.
(b) The Purity Fund.
(c) The Farmhand Fund.
(d) The Patriot Fund.

4. On what holiday does Catte portray Ollie Combs as eating alone in her jail cell?
(a) Easter.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Labor Day.

5. What book argued that people living in impoverished areas were "less evolved" (76) than other people?
(a) Pitiful Folk.
(b) Degenerate Folk.
(c) Hollow Folk.
(d) Lamentable Folk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Much of Harry Caudil's advice to William Shockley in his second letter had to do with what aspect of the study?

2. The Moynihan Report was written by what type of scientist working for the United States government?

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

4. Arthur Rothstein was known for documenting the lives of those evicted from their homes as a result of what construction project?

5. In what year did Harry Caudill pass away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the incident with Ollie Combs in 1965.

2. For what action was Carl Braden sentenced for the crime of sedition?

3. What was the Moynihan Report?

4. What was the Whitesburg Conference?

5. How did the War on Poverty allow white Americans to ignore the country's race relation problems?

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

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

8. What does Catte say about the way in which she views Appalachian history?

9. Who was Harry Caudill and why is he significant to Catte's argument?

10. What is a goal Catte names as NOT being achieved by the War on Poverty?

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