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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Appalachian Regional Commission created a definition of Appalachia that included how many counties?
(a) 200.
(b) 320.
(c) 420.
(d) 528,

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

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

4. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?
(a) Poetry.
(b) A novel.
(c) A collection of short stories.
(d) A memoir.

5. Catte began cataloguing what two types of documents about the "Appalachia Problem" (8)?
(a) Land covenants and interviews.
(b) Interviews and essays.
(c) Letters and land covenants.
(d) Census forms and essays.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte and her partner moved from one state to another how many months before the 2016 presidential election?

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

3. What phrase does Catte use to name the nonfiction genre associated with John Saward's essay in Vanity Fair?

4. What template does Vance use to present his picture of Appalachia?

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

(see the answer key)

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