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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 78-93.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Catte states that Appalachia has the same what as every other part of the United States?
(a) Problems.
(b) Investments.
(c) Economic woes.
(d) Sources of pollution.

3. Catte characterizes Hillbilly Elegy's portrayal of Appalachians in all but which of the following ways?
(a) Degraded.
(b) Monolithic.
(c) Helpless.
(d) Radical.

4. Linda Tate is an Appalachian author who "tells of the re-discovery" (90) of what kind of roots?
(a) Her Iroquois roots.
(b) Her French-Canadian roots.
(c) Her Cherokee roots.
(d) Her Welsh roots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the week of battle between the private army and the mine workers, what phrase did the miners and their scouts use to identify their allies?

2. Catte finds the most fault with which element of Vance's public persona during the book tour for Hillbilly Elegy?

3. Bo Copley became a "coal country celebrity" (50) after a tense encounter with which politician?

4. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?

5. In what decade were Harry Caudil's works about Appalachia published?

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