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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What county became the synonymous with the term "Trump Country," (32) according to Catte?
(a) Carroll.
(b) McDowell.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Caroline.

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

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

5. What adjective did T.C. Crawford use repeatedly to describe Appalachians within his book about Appalachia?
(a) Vacuous.
(b) Savage.
(c) Barbaric.
(d) Apathetic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. In what state capital did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Knoxville.
(d) Jackson.

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

14. In what state is a particular cause said to be "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44)?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Alabama.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The "weeklong campaign during which miners fought valiantly against a private army" was called "The Battle of" (46) what?

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

3. What claim does Catte make about the number "of towns in Appalachia without a visible African American or Latino community" (52)?

4. Whose voices are often excluded from conversations about Appalachia in the media, according to Catte?

5. Bo Copley became a "coal country celebrity" (50) after a tense encounter with which politician?

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