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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Around how many coal miners worked in Appalachia, as of the time of Catte's publication?
(a) 54,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 36,000.
(d) 18,000.

2. Both Trump and what other candidate won Appalachia by a wide margin in the 2016 West Virginia primary?
(a) Carson.
(b) Rubio.
(c) Sanders.
(d) Clinton.

3. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Mississippi.

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

5. Under which U.S. president did the War on Poverty evolve, according to Catte?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Carter.
(d) Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Catte insists that people in power use the designation of otherness for Appalachia for what reason?

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

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

5. What war does Catte associate with "an indelible imprint" (10)?

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