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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many objectives does Catte name for her nonfiction work What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. Which two ethnic groups are said to "have fueled more than half of Appalachia's population growth" (10)?
(a) African American and Native American individuals.
(b) African American and Asian American individuals.
(c) African American and Hispanic individuals.
(d) African American and Central American individuals.

4. In what Tennessee city close to Catte's home can tourists eat "feudin' fried chicken" at the "Hatfield-McCoy Dinner Show" (39)?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Pigeon Forge.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Knoxville.

5. Catte finds the most fault with which element of Vance's public persona during the book tour for Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Self-hatred.
(b) Ulterior motives.
(c) Deception.
(d) Humility.

6. The University of Chicago's S.S. MacClintock wrote about the Hatfield-McCoy feud in which journal?
(a) American Journal of Sociology.
(b) American Journal of Criminal Law.
(c) American Journal of Cultural Anthropology.
(d) American Journal of Psychology.

7. Catte and her partner moved from one state to another how many months before the 2016 presidential election?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

8. The filmmaker Colin Low is quoted as stating that "A camera is like" (58) what object?
(a) A sword.
(b) A gun.
(c) A time machine.
(d) An eraser.

9. In what state capital did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Montgomery.

10. What is the name of the man who wrote Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Evan Vance.
(b) J.D. Vance.
(c) Miles Vance.
(d) John Vance.

11. Catte laments the tradition of "casting Appalachia as what kind of 'other America'" (8)?
(a) Progressive.
(b) Backwards.
(c) Monolithic.
(d) Illogical.

12. What war does Catte associate with "an indelible imprint" (10)?
(a) The War on Unions.
(b) The War on Youth.
(c) The War on Drugs.
(d) The War on Poverty.

13. Catte confesses to the reader that the 2016 election results "caused setbacks" (52) for her in relation to retaining what quality?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Grace.
(c) Hope.
(d) Patience.

14. What percentage of McDowell county residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election?
(a) 27.
(b) 89.
(c) 79.
(d) 46.

15. Catte notes of the Hatfield-McCoy feud that "it was a real event that occurred in Appalachia at the turn of" (39) which century?
(a) 19th.
(b) 20th.
(c) 18th.
(d) 21st.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte describes the murder of the filmmaker Hugh O'Connor as O'Connor documented the lives of the miners in what Kentucky town?

2. What claim does Catte make about the number "of towns in Appalachia without a visible African American or Latino community" (52)?

3. What website "began running predictions that treated Appalachia as one very large state" (35) during the 2016 presidential campaign?

4. Catte states that Appalachia has the same what as every other part of the United States?

5. Catte began cataloguing what two types of documents about the "Appalachia Problem" (8)?

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