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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many states contain Appalachian counties?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

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

3. Catte states that Appalachians and their culture "are often relegated to" (9) what?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) The land of pariahs.
(c) The South.
(d) The past.

4. Catte concludes that media coverage of what disaster "naturalized many practices in Appalachia" (20)?
(a) The Ball Mine Disaster.
(b) The Triangle Mine Disaster.
(c) The Sago Mine disaster.
(d) The Cherry Mine Disaster.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Appalachian Regional Commission created a definition of Appalachia that included how many counties?

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

3. Catte began cataloguing what two types of documents about the "Appalachia Problem" (8)?

4. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?

5. What is the name of the man who wrote Hillbilly Elegy?

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