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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 disparages a Vanity Fair essay in which writer John Saward visits what state in order to "understand Donald Trump" (22)?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Tennessee.

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

3. What claim does Catte make about the number "of towns in Appalachia without a visible African American or Latino community" (52)?
(a) The number is growing.
(b) There are many.
(c) There are few.
(d) There are none.

4. According to Catte, citizens of Appalachia often view their identity as what metaphorical object?
(a) A ball of string.
(b) A weathered suitcase.
(c) A statue.
(d) A mirror.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte finds the most fault with which element of Vance's public persona during the book tour for Hillbilly Elegy?

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?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How many states are numbered among the region of Appalachia and which state is the only one to fall wholly within the region?

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

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

6. What faults does Catte find with J.D. Vance outside of his authorship of Hillbilly Elegy?

7. For what purpose does Catte discuss the town of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee not far from her home?

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

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

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

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