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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The "weeklong campaign during which miners fought valiantly against a private army" was called "The Battle of" (46) what?
(a) Blair Mountain.
(b) Bison Mountain.
(c) Mount Constitution.
(d) Mount Mitchell.

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

3. How many dollars did Hugh O'Connor pay the young miner for the use of the miner's image?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. What does Catte assert about the number of people "who know and celebrate a different Appalachia" (9)?
(a) They are few.
(b) They are many.
(c) Their numbers are growing.
(d) Their numbers are shrinking.

5. During the week of battle between the private army and the mine workers, what phrase did the miners and their scouts use to identify their allies?
(a) Workers' rights forever.
(b) Sixteen tons.
(c) I come creeping.
(d) Underground resistance.

6. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" a particular decade "focused exclusively on the region's" (58) what?
(a) Toxicity.
(b) Strength.
(c) Ancient history.
(d) Deprivation.

7. The filmmaker Colin Low is quoted as stating that "A camera is like" (58) what object?
(a) A sword.
(b) A time machine.
(c) A gun.
(d) An eraser.

8. What template does Vance use to present his picture of Appalachia?
(a) His own harrowing childhood.
(b) The film Deliverance.
(c) The Hatfield-McCoy feud.
(d) The Civil War.

9. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Spike Jonze.
(b) Steven Spielberg.
(c) Ron Howard.
(d) Charlie Kaufman.

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

11. Catte concludes that media coverage of what disaster "naturalized many practices in Appalachia" (20)?
(a) The Cherry Mine Disaster.
(b) The Ball Mine Disaster.
(c) The Sago Mine disaster.
(d) The Triangle Mine Disaster.

12. The film being made by Hugh O'Connor and his crew at the time of O'Connor's murder was slated to be shown at which venue?
(a) The 1893 World's Fair.
(b) The 1901 World's Fair.
(c) The 1968 World's Fair.
(d) The 1933 World's Fair.

13. In what state is a particular cause said to be "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44)?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Alabama.

14. 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) Jeremiah.
(c) Covington.
(d) Lexington.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte asserts that all but which of the following citizens of Appalachia were left out of Hillbilly Elegy?

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

3. In what year did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?

4. What county became the synonymous with the term "Trump Country," (32) according to Catte?

5. The "most significant labor uprising in United States history" included around how many African American men and women?

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