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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The FSA was created in an attempt to combat a particular societal ill by resettling whom?

3. Both Murray and Vance are said to claim what ancestry?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the incident with Ollie Combs in 1965.

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

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

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