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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What county became the synonymous with the term "Trump Country," (32) according to Catte?
(a) Caroline.
(b) McDowell.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Carroll.

2. What percentage of McDowell county residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election?
(a) 79.
(b) 89.
(c) 27.
(d) 46.

3. Both Murray and Vance are said to claim what ancestry?
(a) Welsh.
(b) Scots-Irish.
(c) Greek.
(d) French.

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

5. Catte finds the most fault with which element of Vance's public persona during the book tour for Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Self-hatred.
(b) Deception.
(c) Ulterior motives.
(d) Humility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does Catte use to name the nonfiction genre associated with John Saward's essay in Vanity Fair?

2. Catte states that Appalachia can be counted upon to be defined in what way?

3. Catte asserts that both Harry Caudill and William Shockley promoted the implementation of what practice all the way until their deaths?

4. Catte and her partner moved from one state to another how many months before the 2016 presidential election?

5. Catte disparages a Vanity Fair essay in which writer John Saward visits what state in order to "understand Donald Trump" (22)?

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