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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 names what "language" as one that Appalachians often "inject into [their] work" (98)?
(a) Visual literacy.
(b) Emotional intelligence.
(c) Music.
(d) Poetic.

2. In what year was The Moynihan Report published?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1975.

3. William Shockley claimed that his research led him to what conclude that African Americans were predisposed for what characteristic?
(a) Low intelligence.
(b) Increased rates of heart disease.
(c) Reduced life spans.
(d) Reduced fertility.

4. Anne Braden attended the trial of which of her family members when he was accused of sedition?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

5. In what year did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Harry Caudill pass away?

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

4. The bulldozers that destroyed Ollie Combs's land were sent by what kind of company?

5. In what decade were Harry Caudil's works about Appalachia published?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What fault does Catte find with the strategy of trying to ignore the implications of Hillbilly Elegy's success?

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

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

10. What was the Whitesburg Conference?

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