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

2. What phrase does Catte use to name the nonfiction genre associated with John Saward's essay in Vanity Fair?
(a) The Trump Oasis.
(b) The Land of Trump.
(c) Trump Country.
(d) The Trump Delusion.

3. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" what decade "focused exclusively on" (58) a particular quality of Appalachia?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1940s.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The filmmaker Colin Low is quoted as stating that "A camera is like" (58) what object?

2. Catte asserts that all but which of the following citizens of Appalachia were left out of Hillbilly Elegy?

3. What template does Vance use to present his picture of Appalachia?

4. In what part of the United States is Appalachia located?

5. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What strategy does Catte present as part of her plan of action for living in "Trump Country" (52) and what actions does she say she will refrain from taking?

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

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

5. What is the significance of the term "Murderland" (40) when used by T.C. Crawford?

6. What are Catte's "less clinical" (8) reasons for moving back to Appalachia after a short time in Texas?

7. Provide the facts of the most basic interpretation of the Hatfield-McCoy feud.

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

9. What are Catte's two objectives within What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?

10. In what decade was a government-funded visual archive of Appalachia created and what was its central focus?

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