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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many objectives does Catte name for her nonfiction work What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

2. During the week of battle between the private army and the mine workers, what phrase did the miners and their scouts use to identify their allies?
(a) Sixteen tons.
(b) I come creeping.
(c) Workers' rights forever.
(d) Underground resistance.

3. Catte concludes that media coverage of what disaster "naturalized many practices in Appalachia" (20)?
(a) The Sago Mine disaster.
(b) The Cherry Mine Disaster.
(c) The Triangle Mine Disaster.
(d) The Ball Mine Disaster.

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

5. What is the name of the man who wrote Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) John Vance.
(b) Evan Vance.
(c) J.D. Vance.
(d) Miles Vance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" what decade "focused exclusively on" (58) a particular quality of Appalachia?

2. In what Tennessee city close to Catte's home can tourists eat "feudin' fried chicken" at the "Hatfield-McCoy Dinner Show" (39)?

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

4. What percentage of Appalachians identify as white?

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

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