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Elizabeth Catte
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What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Elizabeth Catte
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what part of the United States is Appalachia located?
(a) Northern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Western.
(d) Southern.

2. In April of 2019, filmmakers in what state "hosted the fourth Appalachian Queer Film Festival" (51)?
(a) Alabama.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Mississippi.

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

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

5. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?
(a) A novel.
(b) Poetry.
(c) A memoir.
(d) A collection of short stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "weeklong campaign during which miners fought valiantly against a private army" was called "The Battle of" (46) what?

2. In what year were convictions of several members of the Hatfield and McCoy families secured?

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

4. What county became the synonymous with the term "Trump Country," (32) according to Catte?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence does Catte use to support her claim about the environmental problems in Texas?

2. List the problems in the Appalachian region, according to Catte.

3. What distinction does Catte make between empathy and solidarity?

4. In what way does Catte use the metaphor of a mirror to characterize the Appalachian identity?

5. Provide the facts of the most basic interpretation of the Hatfield-McCoy feud.

6. What event does Elizabeth Catte use to mark the timing of her move out of Appalachia six months before a particular event?

7. What faults does Catte find with J.D. Vance outside of his authorship of Hillbilly Elegy?

8. Discuss a particular critical point Catte makes about Hillbilly Elegy.

9. In what manner does Catte claim that "Appalachian scholars and activists often prefer" (14) to view their relationships with citizens of other regions?

10. What does Catte mean when she names the "clinical" (7) reasons for her move out of Appalachia?

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