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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 114-132.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Catte states that what cause "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44) in a particular state?
(a) Women's suffrage.
(b) Labor agitation.
(c) Civil disobedience.
(d) Civil rights.

3. Catte states that Appalachia can be counted upon to be defined in what way?
(a) Contentiously.
(b) Messily.
(c) Continually.
(d) Proudly.

4. During the week of battle between the private army and the mine workers, what phrase did the miners and their scouts use to identify their allies?
(a) Sixteen tons.
(b) Underground resistance.
(c) I come creeping.
(d) Workers' rights forever.

5. Whose voices are often excluded from conversations about Appalachia in the media, according to Catte?
(a) Children.
(b) Appalachians.
(c) People of color.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Catte, citizens of Appalachia often view their identity as what metaphorical object?

2. In what county did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?

3. The National Review did NOT use what term to refer to the people of Appalachia?

4. Catte states that in the 1960s, what county had "over fifty millionaires" (101)?

5. Catte describes Judy Bonds as a grandmother who "became the face of" (98) what type of activism?

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