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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Both Trump and what other candidate won Appalachia by a wide margin in the 2016 West Virginia primary?
(a) Rubio.
(b) Clinton.
(c) Sanders.
(d) Carson.

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

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

4. In what state did private detectives hired by a negotiating coal company terrorize women and children with machine gun fire?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) West Virginia.

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

6. 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) 19th.
(b) 21st.
(c) 20th.
(d) 18th.

7. What did T.C. Crawford dub Appalachia within his book about the region?
(a) Wonderland.
(b) Wasteland.
(c) Hungerland.
(d) Murderland.

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

9. Catte characterizes Hillbilly Elegy's portrayal of Appalachians in all but which of the following ways?
(a) Radical.
(b) Monolithic.
(c) Degraded.
(d) Helpless.

10. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Mississippi.

11. The two instruments often associated with Appalachia are classified as what types of instruments?
(a) Reeds.
(b) Woodwinds.
(c) Percussion.
(d) Strings.

12. What claim does Catte make about the number "of towns in Appalachia without a visible African American or Latino community" (52)?
(a) The number is growing.
(b) There are many.
(c) There are few.
(d) There are none.

13. The University of Chicago's S.S. MacClintock wrote about the Hatfield-McCoy feud in which journal?
(a) American Journal of Cultural Anthropology.
(b) American Journal of Sociology.
(c) American Journal of Criminal Law.
(d) American Journal of Psychology.

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

15. What percentage of Appalachians identify as white?
(a) 90.
(b) 60.
(c) 70.
(d) 80.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of the United States is Appalachia located?

2. What adjective did T.C. Crawford use repeatedly to describe Appalachians within his book about Appalachia?

3. Catte states that Hillbilly Elegy is "currently at" (8) how many "weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list?

4. In April of 2019, filmmakers in what state "hosted the fourth Appalachian Queer Film Festival" (51)?

5. Under which U.S. president did the War on Poverty evolve, according to Catte?

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