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Which of the following was NOT written by Charleston native Mary Lee Settle?
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Which author wrote the acclamed short story "Trilobites," originally published in 1977?
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Many of this prominent writer's short stories were inspired by what he saw in Western Virginia during the Civil War.
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Author W. E. Blackhurst's novel Riders of the Flood is about which industry?
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This author wrote two classic novels about the southern coalfields.
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Which one of the following Thomas Dunn English poems is NOT about West Virginia?
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Who wrote the civil rights play Great Gettin' Up Mornin', which was broadcast on CBS-TV?
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Novelist Mittie Frances Clarke Point wrote under this pen name.
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor wrote which one of these classic books for youth.
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Hubert Skidmore wrote a novel about this disaster.
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