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

2. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" a particular decade "focused exclusively on the region's" (58) what?
(a) Toxicity.
(b) Ancient history.
(c) Strength.
(d) Deprivation.

3. Whose voices are often excluded from conversations about Appalachia in the media, according to Catte?
(a) Children.
(b) Appalachians.
(c) People of color.
(d) Women.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what Tennessee city close to Catte's home can tourists eat "feudin' fried chicken" at the "Hatfield-McCoy Dinner Show" (39)?

3. What percentage of Appalachians identify as white?

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

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

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