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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) 20th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 21st.
(d) 19th.

5. 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 Mitchell.
(d) Mount Constitution.

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

7. Catte laments that the memoir Hillbilly Elegy is populated by men who take what action?
(a) Shirk employment.
(b) Hate their culture.
(c) Embrace their powerlessness.
(d) Commit acts of violence.

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

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

10. 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) Charleston.
(d) Jackson.

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

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

13. Catte asserts that "Harvard University paid just $2.82 in annual property taxes on 11, 182 acres of land" (13) in what year?
(a) 1951.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1979.

14. 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 Cherry Mine Disaster.
(d) The Triangle Mine Disaster.

15. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" what decade "focused exclusively on" (58) a particular quality of Appalachia?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1940s.
(d) The 1980s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who wrote Hillbilly Elegy?

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

3. What war does Catte associate with "an indelible imprint" (10)?

4. What phrase does Catte use to name the nonfiction genre associated with John Saward's essay in Vanity Fair?

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

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