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

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?
(a) Workers' rights forever.
(b) I come creeping.
(c) Underground resistance.
(d) Sixteen tons.

3. To what state did Catte and her partner move when leaving Tennessee?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Texas.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Kentucky.

4. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" a particular decade "focused exclusively on the region's" (58) what?
(a) Deprivation.
(b) Strength.
(c) Toxicity.
(d) Ancient history.

5. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?
(a) A novel.
(b) A collection of short stories.
(c) A memoir.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state capital did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?

2. The University of Chicago's S.S. MacClintock wrote about the Hatfield-McCoy feud in which journal?

3. Both Trump and what other candidate won Appalachia by a wide margin in the 2016 West Virginia primary?

4. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?

5. Catte laments that the memoir Hillbilly Elegy is populated by men who take what action?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What action does Catte say she hopes to take in response to living in "Trump Country" (52)?

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

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

7. What is Hillbilly Elegy?

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

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

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

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