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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was T.C. Crawford's book about Appalachia published?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1689.
(d) 1789.

2. Catte states that in a "former life," (54) she had served in what position?
(a) A coal miner.
(b) A translator.
(c) A social worker.
(d) A librarian.

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

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

5. What claim does Catte make about the number "of towns in Appalachia without a visible African American or Latino community" (52)?
(a) There are many.
(b) The number is growing.
(c) There are none.
(d) There are few.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what state capital did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?

3. Catte describes the murder of the filmmaker Hugh O'Connor as O'Connor documented the lives of the miners in what Kentucky town?

4. The filmmaker Colin Low is quoted as stating that "A camera is like" (58) what object?

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

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