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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. In what year was T.C. Crawford's book about Appalachia published?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1689.
2. Catte began cataloguing what two types of documents about the "Appalachia Problem" (8)?
(a) Census forms and essays.
(b) Interviews and essays.
(c) Land covenants and interviews.
(d) Letters and land covenants.
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) 21st.
(b) 19th.
(c) 18th.
(d) 20th.
4. How many dollars did Hugh O'Connor pay the young miner for the use of the miner's image?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.
5. Catte states that Appalachia can be counted upon to be defined in what way?
(a) Contentiously.
(b) Proudly.
(c) Messily.
(d) Continually.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what state is a particular cause said to be "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44)?
2. What war does Catte associate with "an indelible imprint" (10)?
3. What claim does Catte make about the number "of towns in Appalachia without a visible African American or Latino community" (52)?
4. In what year were convictions of several members of the Hatfield and McCoy families secured?
5. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss a particular critical point Catte makes about Hillbilly Elegy.
2. Provide the facts of the most basic interpretation of the Hatfield-McCoy feud.
3. What does Catte mean when she names the "clinical" (7) reasons for her move out of Appalachia?
4. What faults does Catte find with J.D. Vance outside of his authorship of Hillbilly Elegy?
5. What aspect of Texans' curiosity strikes Catte as ironic during her short residency in Texas?
6. How many states are numbered among the region of Appalachia and which state is the only one to fall wholly within the region?
7. Who was T.C. Crawford and how did he color the rest of America's perceptions about Appalachia?
8. What are Catte's "less clinical" (8) reasons for moving back to Appalachia after a short time in Texas?
9. What is Catte's main claim about the problems of the Appalachia region?
10. In what manner does Catte claim that "Appalachian scholars and activists often prefer" (14) to view their relationships with citizens of other regions?
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