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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Catte insists that people in power use the designation of otherness for Appalachia for what reason?
(a) For profit.
(b) For entertainment.
(c) For posterity.
(d) For research.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte asserts that "Harvard University paid just $2.82 in annual property taxes on 11, 182 acres of land" (13) in what year?

2. How many objectives does Catte name for her nonfiction work What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?

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

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

5. How many states contain Appalachian counties?

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