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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 18th.
(b) 21st.
(c) 20th.
(d) 19th.

2. How many states contain Appalachian counties?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

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

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

5. Catte asserts that all but which of the following citizens of Appalachia were left out of Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) People of color.
(b) Environmentalists.
(c) Young people.
(d) Conservatives.

6. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?
(a) Violent hysteria.
(b) Cunning strategy.
(c) Strong hatred.
(d) Reluctant tolerance.

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

8. In what year was T.C. Crawford's book about Appalachia published?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1689.

9. What claim does Catte make about the number "of towns in Appalachia without a visible African American or Latino community" (52)?
(a) The number is growing.
(b) There are none.
(c) There are few.
(d) There are many.

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

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

12. The film being made by Hugh O'Connor and his crew at the time of O'Connor's murder was slated to be shown at which venue?
(a) The 1893 World's Fair.
(b) The 1968 World's Fair.
(c) The 1933 World's Fair.
(d) The 1901 World's Fair.

13. The two instruments often associated with Appalachia are classified as what types of instruments?
(a) Strings.
(b) Reeds.
(c) Percussion.
(d) Woodwinds.

14. What website "began running predictions that treated Appalachia as one very large state" (35) during the 2016 presidential campaign?
(a) Daily Kos.
(b) Daily Mirror.
(c) Daily Mail.
(d) Consequence of Sound.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What percentage of McDowell county residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election?

3. What kind of Darwinism posited a link between privilege and innate superiority?

4. What video game is said to contain a reference to the Hatfield-McCoy feud?

5. In what state did private detectives hired by a negotiating coal company terrorize women and children with machine gun fire?

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