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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many registered voters resided within McDowell County during the 2016 presidential election?
(a) 3,486.
(b) 12,847.
(c) 5,934.
(d) 17,508.

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

4. What template does Vance use to present his picture of Appalachia?
(a) The Hatfield-McCoy feud.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) His own harrowing childhood.
(d) The film Deliverance.

5. What is the name of the man who wrote Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) John Vance.
(b) Miles Vance.
(c) Evan Vance.
(d) J.D. Vance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?

2. The University of Chicago's S.S. MacClintock wrote about the Hatfield-McCoy feud in which journal?

3. Catte describes the murder of the filmmaker Hugh O'Connor as O'Connor documented the lives of the miners in what Kentucky town?

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

5. Catte asserts that all but which of the following citizens of Appalachia were left out of Hillbilly Elegy?

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