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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. Harry Caudil's work focused on which group of people within Appalachia?
(a) Poor African Americans.
(b) Orphans.
(c) Poor Latin Americans.
(d) Poor whites.

2. Robert Payne was a disabled African American miner who acted as what official in the Disabled Miners and Widows organization?
(a) The treasurer.
(b) The secretary.
(c) The president.
(d) The vice president.

3. Ollie Combs was how old when she protested against the destruction of her land?
(a) 39.
(b) 89.
(c) 66.
(d) 54.

4. Anne Braden attended the trial of which of her family members when he was accused of sedition?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her cousin.

5. Catte states that in the 1960s, what county had "over fifty millionaires" (101)?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Broward.
(c) Knott.
(d) Pike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte states that when she imagines her region's history, she sees what objects?

2. Roger May is a friend of Catte who works as what type of artist?

3. In what decade were Harry Caudil's works about Appalachia published?

4. Bill Strode worked for what newspaper when he was arrested for documenting a protester's actions?

5. Much of Harry Caudil's advice to William Shockley in his second letter had to do with what aspect of the study?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection does Catte make between Harry Caudill and William Shockley?

2. What connection does Catte make between Appalachian writers and their use of the language of visual literacy?

3. Catte states that before 2016, "the last time the nation took such an obsessive interest in West Virginia's politics was" (77) on what occasion?

4. What does Catte name as the main flaw of popular narratives depicting Appalachia?

5. What qualities does Catte assert are shared by both J.D. Vance and Harry Caudill?

6. What tradition does Catte name as "one of the finest and oldest Appalachian traditions" (98)?

7. What connection does Catte make between Communism and the civil rights movement?

8. What point does Catte make about the Amazon recommendations connected to Hillbilly Elegy?

9. What does Catte say about the way in which she views Appalachian history?

10. What advice does Catte provide for dealing with the Hillbilly Elegy zeitgeist, and what actions does Jillean McCommons add to that advice?

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