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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte states that Hillbilly Elegy is "currently at" (8) how many "weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list?
(a) 90.
(b) 50.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

2. About how many people live within the region of Appalachia?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 15 million.
(c) 50 million.
(d) 25 million.

3. In what year was T.C. Crawford's book about Appalachia published?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1689.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1889.

4. Catte and her partner moved from one state to another how many months before the 2016 presidential election?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

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

6. Which two ethnic groups are said to "have fueled more than half of Appalachia's population growth" (10)?
(a) African American and Native American individuals.
(b) African American and Hispanic individuals.
(c) African American and Asian American individuals.
(d) African American and Central American individuals.

7. What video game is said to contain a reference to the Hatfield-McCoy feud?
(a) Overwatch.
(b) World of Warcraft.
(c) Skyrim.
(d) Minecraft.

8. Catte states that Appalachia can be counted upon to be defined in what way?
(a) Proudly.
(b) Continually.
(c) Messily.
(d) Contentiously.

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

10. How many states contain Appalachian counties?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

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

12. Around how many coal miners worked in Appalachia, as of the time of Catte's publication?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 54,000.
(c) 18,000.
(d) 36,000.

13. In what year did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Tennessee.

14. Catte laments the tradition of "casting Appalachia as what kind of 'other America'" (8)?
(a) Monolithic.
(b) Backwards.
(c) Illogical.
(d) Progressive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Both Trump and what other candidate won Appalachia by a wide margin in the 2016 West Virginia primary?

2. The Appalachian Regional Commission created a definition of Appalachia that included how many counties?

3. Catte states that Appalachians and their culture "are often relegated to" (9) what?

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

5. Catte disparages a Vanity Fair essay in which writer John Saward visits what state in order to "understand Donald Trump" (22)?

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