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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The "weeklong campaign during which miners fought valiantly against a private army" was called "The Battle of" (46) what?
(a) Mount Mitchell.
(b) Bison Mountain.
(c) Mount Constitution.
(d) Blair Mountain.

2. 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 1893 World's Fair.
(c) The 1901 World's Fair.
(d) The 1933 World's Fair.

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

4. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?
(a) A collection of short stories.
(b) A novel.
(c) Poetry.
(d) A memoir.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many objectives does Catte name for her nonfiction work What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?

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

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

4. Catte states that Appalachia has the same what as every other part of the United States?

5. Catte and her partner moved from one state to another how many months before the 2016 presidential election?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence does Catte use to support her claim about the environmental problems in Texas?

2. What event does Elizabeth Catte use to mark the timing of her move out of Appalachia six months before a particular event?

3. What distinction does Catte make between empathy and solidarity?

4. In what manner does Catte claim that "Appalachian scholars and activists often prefer" (14) to view their relationships with citizens of other regions?

5. What is Catte's main claim about the problems of the Appalachia region?

6. What is Hillbilly Elegy?

7. Discuss a particular critical point Catte makes about Hillbilly Elegy.

8. List the problems in the Appalachian region, according to Catte.

9. What does Catte mean when she names the "clinical" (7) reasons for her move out of Appalachia?

10. Who was T.C. Crawford and how did he color the rest of America's perceptions about Appalachia?

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