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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 114-132.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte describes the Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People as what kind of organization?
(a) Grassroots.
(b) Idealistic.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Naive.

2. 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.

3. Catte characterizes Hillbilly Elegy's portrayal of Appalachians in all but which of the following ways?
(a) Degraded.
(b) Helpless.
(c) Monolithic.
(d) Radical.

4. What group does Catte assert rarely exists "in the worlds popular authors create for us" (116)?
(a) Conflicted racists.
(b) Progressive white people.
(c) People of color.
(d) Religious people.

5. Catte confesses to the reader that the 2016 election results "caused setbacks" (52) for her in relation to retaining what quality?
(a) Patience.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Grace.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte states that when she imagines her region's history, she sees what objects?

2. Catte notes of the Hatfield-McCoy feud that "it was a real event that occurred in Appalachia at the turn of" (39) which century?

3. Whose voices are often excluded from conversations about Appalachia in the media, according to Catte?

4. Young women in what state testified in court that they had seen bulldozers "rip through a family cemetery" (100)?

5. Catte states that she does not "want Appalachia to be used as" what object "to suck attention away from LGBTQ politics and Black Lives Matter" (91)?

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