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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 39-77.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The "weeklong campaign during which miners fought valiantly against a private army" was called "The Battle of" (46) what?
(a) Mount Constitution.
(b) Mount Mitchell.
(c) Bison Mountain.
(d) Blair Mountain.

2. Approximately how many square miles make up the region of Appalachia?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 700,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 3 million.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what state did Catte and her partner move when leaving Tennessee?

2. Around how many coal miners worked in Appalachia, as of the time of Catte's publication?

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

4. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?

5. In what year did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?

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