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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Catte, citizens of Appalachia often view their identity as what metaphorical object?
(a) A weathered suitcase.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A ball of string.
(d) A statue.

3. Catte insists that people in power use the designation of otherness for Appalachia for what reason?
(a) For research.
(b) For profit.
(c) For posterity.
(d) For entertainment.

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

5. To what state did Catte and her partner move when leaving Tennessee?
(a) Texas.
(b) Alabama.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Kentucky.

6. Whose voices are often excluded from conversations about Appalachia in the media, according to Catte?
(a) People of color.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Appalachians.

7. Catte states that Appalachians and their culture "are often relegated to" (9) what?
(a) The land of pariahs.
(b) The South.
(c) The past.
(d) The Midwest.

8. In April of 2019, filmmakers in what state "hosted the fourth Appalachian Queer Film Festival" (51)?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Alabama.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Mississippi.

9. In what state capital did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Charleston.

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

11. In what part of the United States is Appalachia located?
(a) Northern.
(b) Southern.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Western.

12. Catte describes the murder of the filmmaker Hugh O'Connor as O'Connor documented the lives of the miners in what Kentucky town?
(a) Louisville.
(b) Covington.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Lexington.

13. Catte states that in a "former life," (54) she had served in what position?
(a) A coal miner.
(b) A translator.
(c) A social worker.
(d) A librarian.

14. What website "began running predictions that treated Appalachia as one very large state" (35) during the 2016 presidential campaign?
(a) Consequence of Sound.
(b) Daily Mail.
(c) Daily Mirror.
(d) Daily Kos.

15. 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) 18th.
(b) 19th.
(c) 21st.
(d) 20th.

Short Answer Questions

1. The University of Chicago's S.S. MacClintock wrote about the Hatfield-McCoy feud in which journal?

2. In what year were convictions of several members of the Hatfield and McCoy families secured?

3. What video game is said to contain a reference to the Hatfield-McCoy feud?

4. What did T.C. Crawford dub Appalachia within his book about the region?

5. Catte characterizes Hillbilly Elegy's portrayal of Appalachians in all but which of the following ways?

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