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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1979.

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

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

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

5. What county became the synonymous with the term "Trump Country," (32) according to Catte?
(a) McDowell.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Carroll.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. To what state did Catte and her partner move when leaving Tennessee?

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

(see the answer key)

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