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Which classic movie was based on a novel by Moundsville native Davis Grubb?
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What subject was author Mary Meek Atkeson best known for?
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This author, who lived in Monroe County and Charleston, was one of the most significant journalists of the early 1800s.
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Which of the following was NOT a poet laureate of West Virginia?
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This Wheeling resident wrote the novels Thursday April and Roseanna McCoy.
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This author was the daughter of the 1924 Democratic candidate for president.
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Which one of the following Thomas Dunn English poems is NOT about West Virginia?
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Which Davis Grubb book was shot almost entirely on site in Moundsville?
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Who served the longest time (38 years) as West Virginia's poet laureate?
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor wrote which one of these classic books for youth.
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