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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?
(a) Cunning strategy.
(b) Violent hysteria.
(c) Reluctant tolerance.
(d) Strong hatred.

4. Catte describes the murder of the filmmaker Hugh O'Connor as O'Connor documented the lives of the miners in what Kentucky town?
(a) Covington.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Lexington.
(d) Louisville.

5. Under which U.S. president did the War on Poverty evolve, according to Catte?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Carter.
(d) Eisenhower.

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

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

8. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Ron Howard.
(b) Charlie Kaufman.
(c) Steven Spielberg.
(d) Spike Jonze.

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

10. Catte states that Appalachians and their culture "are often relegated to" (9) what?
(a) The land of pariahs.
(b) The past.
(c) The South.
(d) The Midwest.

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

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

13. In what Tennessee city close to Catte's home can tourists eat "feudin' fried chicken" at the "Hatfield-McCoy Dinner Show" (39)?
(a) Pigeon Forge.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Memphis.

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

15. The film being made by Hugh O'Connor and his crew at the time of O'Connor's murder was slated to be shown at which venue?
(a) The 1968 World's Fair.
(b) The 1933 World's Fair.
(c) The 1893 World's Fair.
(d) The 1901 World's Fair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many states contain Appalachian counties?

3. Catte states that in a "former life," (54) she had served in what position?

4. What video game is said to contain a reference to the Hatfield-McCoy feud?

5. What percentage of McDowell county residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election?

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