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

2. In what year did private detectives hired by the owners of the Paint Creek mine terrorize the families of the workers in a particular state?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1899.

3. To what state did Catte and her partner move when leaving Tennessee?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Texas.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Alabama.

4. Approximately how many square miles make up the region of Appalachia?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 75,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 700,000.

5. What phrase does Catte use to name the nonfiction genre associated with John Saward's essay in Vanity Fair?
(a) The Trump Delusion.
(b) The Trump Oasis.
(c) Trump Country.
(d) The Land of Trump.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte confesses to the reader that the 2016 election results "caused setbacks" (52) for her in relation to retaining what quality?

2. The film being made by Hugh O'Connor and his crew at the time of O'Connor's murder was slated to be shown at which venue?

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

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

5. The Appalachian Regional Commission created a definition of Appalachia that included how many counties?

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