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

2. Bo Copley became a "coal country celebrity" (50) after a tense encounter with which politician?
(a) Marco Rubio.
(b) Ben Carson.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) Donald Trump.

3. What adjective did T.C. Crawford use repeatedly to describe Appalachians within his book about Appalachia?
(a) Savage.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Vacuous.
(d) Barbaric.

4. In what year did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) West Virginia.

5. What website "began running predictions that treated Appalachia as one very large state" (35) during the 2016 presidential campaign?
(a) Daily Mirror.
(b) Daily Kos.
(c) Consequence of Sound.
(d) Daily Mail.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "most significant labor uprising in United States history" included around how many African American men and women?

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

3. What percentage of McDowell county residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election?

4. Catte insists that people in power use the designation of otherness for Appalachia for what reason?

5. In what part of the United States is Appalachia located?

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