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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?
(a) Cunning strategy.
(b) Violent hysteria.
(c) Strong hatred.
(d) Reluctant tolerance.

2. Catte states that in a "former life," (54) she had served in what position?
(a) A coal miner.
(b) A translator.
(c) A librarian.
(d) A social worker.

3. Bo Copley became a "coal country celebrity" (50) after a tense encounter with which politician?
(a) Donald Trump.
(b) Ben Carson.
(c) Marco Rubio.
(d) Hillary Clinton.

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

5. Catte states that what cause "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44) in a particular state?
(a) Civil disobedience.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) Women's suffrage.
(d) Labor agitation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catte assert about the number of people "who know and celebrate a different Appalachia" (9)?

2. Which two ethnic groups are said to "have fueled more than half of Appalachia's population growth" (10)?

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

4. Catte notes of the Hatfield-McCoy feud that "it was a real event that occurred in Appalachia at the turn of" (39) which century?

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

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