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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 78-93.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte notes of the Hatfield-McCoy feud that "it was a real event that occurred in Appalachia at the turn of" (39) which century?
(a) 20th.
(b) 21st.
(c) 18th.
(d) 19th.

2. How many dollars did Hugh O'Connor pay the young miner for the use of the miner's image?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. Linda Tate is an Appalachian author who "tells of the re-discovery" (90) of what kind of roots?
(a) Her Iroquois roots.
(b) Her Cherokee roots.
(c) Her Welsh roots.
(d) Her French-Canadian roots.

4. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?
(a) A novel.
(b) Poetry.
(c) A memoir.
(d) A collection of short stories.

5. The filmmaker Colin Low is quoted as stating that "A camera is like" (58) what object?
(a) A time machine.
(b) A gun.
(c) A sword.
(d) An eraser.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte makes the claim that "white Appalachians became persona non grata after" (83) what event?

2. What book argued that people living in impoverished areas were "less evolved" (76) than other people?

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

4. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" a particular decade "focused exclusively on the region's" (58) what?

5. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?

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