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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ollie Combs was how old when she protested against the destruction of her land?
(a) 39.
(b) 54.
(c) 89.
(d) 66.

3. 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) 21st.
(b) 18th.
(c) 20th.
(d) 19th.

4. Harry Caudil's work focused on which group of people within Appalachia?
(a) Orphans.
(b) Poor whites.
(c) Poor African Americans.
(d) Poor Latin Americans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte finds the most fault with which element of Vance's public persona during the book tour for Hillbilly Elegy?

2. What adjective does Catte use to describe the action Appalachians took "against corporate interests" (102)?

3. In what year did four masked men attack the night watchman employed by the Round Mountain Coal Company?

4. Catte asserts that "the Mulloys and McSurelys were indeed attempting to help poor individuals in the mountains seize power from" (98) whom?

5. What percentage of Appalachians identify as white?

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