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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 Appalachia can be counted upon to be defined in what way?
(a) Continually.
(b) Messily.
(c) Proudly.
(d) Contentiously.

2. Catte laments the tradition of "casting Appalachia as what kind of 'other America'" (8)?
(a) Monolithic.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Backwards.
(d) Illogical.

3. In what state capital did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Knoxville.
(d) Montgomery.

4. What template does Vance use to present his picture of Appalachia?
(a) His own harrowing childhood.
(b) The film Deliverance.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Hatfield-McCoy feud.

5. The "most significant labor uprising in United States history" included around how many African American men and women?
(a) 500.
(b) 200.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" what decade "focused exclusively on" (58) a particular quality of Appalachia?

2. During the week of battle between the private army and the mine workers, what phrase did the miners and their scouts use to identify their allies?

3. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?

4. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" a particular decade "focused exclusively on the region's" (58) what?

5. The "weeklong campaign during which miners fought valiantly against a private army" was called "The Battle of" (46) what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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