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

2. The young women who testified in court that they had seen bulldozers destroy a family graveyard lived in what area of their state?
(a) Northern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Western.
(d) Southern.

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

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

5. Both Murray and Vance are said to claim what ancestry?
(a) French.
(b) Welsh.
(c) Scots-Irish.
(d) Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte discusses which president's extensive campaigning within Appalachia as a factor in the negative portrayals of Appalachians?

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

3. In what decade was the FSA created in the United States?

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

5. Bill Strode worked for what newspaper when he was arrested for documenting a protester's actions?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was the Moynihan Report?

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

7. 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?

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

9. What point does Catte make about the Amazon recommendations connected to Hillbilly Elegy?

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

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