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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 asserts that all but which of the following citizens of Appalachia were left out of Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) People of color.
(b) Environmentalists.
(c) Young people.
(d) Conservatives.

2. Bill Strode worked for what newspaper when he was arrested for documenting a protester's actions?
(a) The Stanford-Gazette.
(b) The Courier-Times.
(c) The Charlottesville-Patriot.
(d) The Courier-Journal.

3. In what season was an application accepted to place Blair Mountain on the National Register of Historic Places?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

4. What war does Catte associate with "an indelible imprint" (10)?
(a) The War on Unions.
(b) The War on Poverty.
(c) The War on Drugs.
(d) The War on Youth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ada Smith is a founder of the "Stay Together Appalachia" (122) project for which group?

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

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

4. Individuals from how many different organizations marched on Blair Mountain sometime in the twenty-first century?

5. Catte began cataloguing what two types of documents about the "Appalachia Problem" (8)?

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