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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 97-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Carl Braden arrested and convicted of sedition against the government for helping to purchase a home for an African American family?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1925.

2. Myles Horton was "a labor and civil rights activist" (98) from what state?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Kentucky.

3. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Ron Howard.
(b) Spike Jonze.
(c) Steven Spielberg.
(d) Charlie Kaufman.

4. In what year did private detectives hired by the owners of the Paint Creek mine terrorize the families of the workers in a particular state?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1935.

5. The Moynihan Report was billed as an inquiry into what aspect of African American life?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Education.
(c) Violence.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many states contain Appalachian counties?

2. In what state is a particular cause said to be "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44)?

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

4. On what holiday does Catte portray Ollie Combs as eating alone in her jail cell?

5. The FSA employed artists of what sort to document the lives of Appalachians?

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