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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Catte discusses which president's extensive campaigning within Appalachia as a factor in the negative portrayals of Appalachians?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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

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

5. The Moynihan Report was written by what type of scientist working for the United States government?
(a) A sociologist.
(b) A biologist.
(c) A psychologist.
(d) An anthropologist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In what decade was the FSA created in the United States?

5. Both Murray and Vance are said to claim what ancestry?

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