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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 did T.C. Crawford dub Appalachia within his book about the region?
(a) Wasteland.
(b) Murderland.
(c) Hungerland.
(d) Wonderland.

2. The "most significant labor uprising in United States history" included around how many African American men and women?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 200.

3. What war does Catte associate with "an indelible imprint" (10)?
(a) The War on Unions.
(b) The War on Drugs.
(c) The War on Poverty.
(d) The War on Youth.

4. Catte states that Hillbilly Elegy is "currently at" (8) how many "weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list?
(a) 50.
(b) 90.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What claim does Catte make about the number "of towns in Appalachia without a visible African American or Latino community" (52)?

2. Catte laments the tradition of "casting Appalachia as what kind of 'other America'" (8)?

3. Approximately how many square miles make up the region of Appalachia?

4. To what state did Catte and her partner move when leaving Tennessee?

5. What adjective did T.C. Crawford use repeatedly to describe Appalachians within his book about Appalachia?

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