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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Catte characterizes Hillbilly Elegy's portrayal of Appalachians in all but which of the following ways?
(a) Helpless.
(b) Radical.
(c) Degraded.
(d) Monolithic.

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

5. Catte and her partner moved from one state to another how many months before the 2016 presidential election?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte states that Appalachia can be counted upon to be defined in what way?

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

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

4. Around how many coal miners worked in Appalachia, as of the time of Catte's publication?

5. Catte states that Appalachians and their culture "are often relegated to" (9) what?

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