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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?
(a) Strong hatred.
(b) Cunning strategy.
(c) Reluctant tolerance.
(d) Violent hysteria.

2. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Virginia.

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

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

5. In what state capital did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Catte asserts that "Harvard University paid just $2.82 in annual property taxes on 11, 182 acres of land" (13) in what year?

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

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

5. How many registered voters resided within McDowell County during the 2016 presidential election?

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