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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 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.

2. What percentage of McDowell county residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election?
(a) 27.
(b) 89.
(c) 79.
(d) 46.

3. Catte notes of the Hatfield-McCoy feud that "it was a real event that occurred in Appalachia at the turn of" (39) which century?
(a) 19th.
(b) 20th.
(c) 21st.
(d) 18th.

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

5. Catte confesses to the reader that the 2016 election results "caused setbacks" (52) for her in relation to retaining what quality?
(a) Grace.
(b) Patience.
(c) Hope.
(d) Compassion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte states that what cause "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44) in a particular state?

2. Around how many coal miners worked in Appalachia, as of the time of Catte's publication?

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

4. In what year did private detectives hired by the owners of the Paint Creek mine terrorize the families of the workers in a particular state?

5. What did T.C. Crawford dub Appalachia within his book about the region?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Catte's choice of time marker in the introduction's first sentence a significant one?

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

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

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

7. What aspect of Texans' curiosity strikes Catte as ironic during her short residency in Texas?

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

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

10. In what way does Catte use the metaphor of a mirror to characterize the Appalachian identity?

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