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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 39-77.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte concludes that media coverage of what disaster "naturalized many practices in Appalachia" (20)?
(a) The Triangle Mine Disaster.
(b) The Ball Mine Disaster.
(c) The Cherry Mine Disaster.
(d) The Sago Mine disaster.

2. Catte disparages a Vanity Fair essay in which writer John Saward visits what state in order to "understand Donald Trump" (22)?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) West Virginia.

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

4. Catte notes of the Hatfield-McCoy feud that "it was a real event that occurred in Appalachia at the turn of" (39) which century?
(a) 20th.
(b) 21st.
(c) 19th.
(d) 18th.

5. What video game is said to contain a reference to the Hatfield-McCoy feud?
(a) Overwatch.
(b) Minecraft.
(c) Skyrim.
(d) World of Warcraft.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state did private detectives hired by a negotiating coal company terrorize women and children with machine gun fire?

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

3. What percentage of Appalachians identify as white?

4. Catte states that Appalachia has the same what as every other part of the United States?

5. Catte finds the most fault with which element of Vance's public persona during the book tour for Hillbilly Elegy?

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