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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many objectives does Catte name for her nonfiction work What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. To what state did Catte and her partner move when leaving Tennessee?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Texas.
(d) Kentucky.

4. What does Catte assert about the number of people "who know and celebrate a different Appalachia" (9)?
(a) They are few.
(b) Their numbers are shrinking.
(c) They are many.
(d) Their numbers are growing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What template does Vance use to present his picture of Appalachia?

2. Catte and her partner moved from one state to another how many months before the 2016 presidential election?

3. Catte states that Hillbilly Elegy is "currently at" (8) how many "weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list?

4. Catte states that Appalachia has the same what as every other part of the United States?

5. In what part of the United States is Appalachia located?

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