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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Appalachian Regional Commission created a definition of Appalachia that included how many counties?
(a) 528,
(b) 320.
(c) 420.
(d) 200.

2. 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) Knoxville.
(d) Montgomery.

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

4. 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) I come creeping.
(c) Sixteen tons.
(d) Underground resistance.

5. Catte states that Appalachia has the same what as every other part of the United States?
(a) Problems.
(b) Sources of pollution.
(c) Investments.
(d) Economic woes.

6. In what year did private detectives hired by the owners of the Paint Creek mine terrorize the families of the workers in a particular state?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1899.

7. What percentage of McDowell county residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election?
(a) 79.
(b) 89.
(c) 27.
(d) 46.

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

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

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

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

12. Catte finds the most fault with which element of Vance's public persona during the book tour for Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Self-hatred.
(b) Humility.
(c) Deception.
(d) Ulterior motives.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?

2. Catte laments that the memoir Hillbilly Elegy is populated by men who take what action?

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

4. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" what decade "focused exclusively on" (58) a particular quality of Appalachia?

5. What percentage of Appalachians identify as white?

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