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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. What did T.C. Crawford dub Appalachia within his book about the region?
(a) Wasteland.
(b) Hungerland.
(c) Wonderland.
(d) Murderland.

2. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Mississippi.

3. What video game is said to contain a reference to the Hatfield-McCoy feud?
(a) Minecraft.
(b) Skyrim.
(c) Overwatch.
(d) World of Warcraft.

4. How many states contain Appalachian counties?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

5. In what Tennessee city close to Catte's home can tourists eat "feudin' fried chicken" at the "Hatfield-McCoy Dinner Show" (39)?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Pigeon Forge.
(c) Knoxville.
(d) Nashville.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What kind of Darwinism posited a link between privilege and innate superiority?

4. To what state did Catte and her partner move when leaving Tennessee?

5. What website "began running predictions that treated Appalachia as one very large state" (35) during the 2016 presidential campaign?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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