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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two ethnic groups are said to "have fueled more than half of Appalachia's population growth" (10)?
(a) African American and Asian American individuals.
(b) African American and Hispanic individuals.
(c) African American and Central American individuals.
(d) African American and Native American individuals.

2. During the week of battle between the private army and the mine workers, what phrase did the miners and their scouts use to identify their allies?
(a) Sixteen tons.
(b) I come creeping.
(c) Underground resistance.
(d) Workers' rights forever.

3. The "weeklong campaign during which miners fought valiantly against a private army" was called "The Battle of" (46) what?
(a) Blair Mountain.
(b) Mount Constitution.
(c) Mount Mitchell.
(d) Bison Mountain.

4. Catte laments that the memoir Hillbilly Elegy is populated by men who take what action?
(a) Hate their culture.
(b) Embrace their powerlessness.
(c) Shirk employment.
(d) Commit acts of violence.

5. Catte describes the murder of the filmmaker Hugh O'Connor as O'Connor documented the lives of the miners in what Kentucky town?
(a) Louisville.
(b) Lexington.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Covington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What website "began running predictions that treated Appalachia as one very large state" (35) during the 2016 presidential campaign?

2. Catte asserts that all but which of the following citizens of Appalachia were left out of Hillbilly Elegy?

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

4. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" a particular decade "focused exclusively on the region's" (58) what?

5. What kind of Darwinism posited a link between privilege and innate superiority?

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