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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Catte began cataloguing what two types of documents about the "Appalachia Problem" (8)?
(a) Letters and land covenants.
(b) Interviews and essays.
(c) Land covenants and interviews.
(d) Census forms and essays.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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 Central American individuals.
(c) African American and Asian American individuals.
(d) African American and Native American individuals.

11. Bo Copley became a "coal country celebrity" (50) after a tense encounter with which politician?
(a) Ben Carson.
(b) Marco Rubio.
(c) Donald Trump.
(d) Hillary Clinton.

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

13. To what state did Catte and her partner move when leaving Tennessee?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Texas.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The two instruments often associated with Appalachia are classified as what types of instruments?

2. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?

3. Catte laments the tradition of "casting Appalachia as what kind of 'other America'" (8)?

4. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?

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

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