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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 county did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
(a) Broward.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Knott.

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

3. In what decade were Harry Caudil's works about Appalachia published?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1890s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1920s.

4. Catte states that she does not "want Appalachia to be used as" what object "to suck attention away from LGBTQ politics and Black Lives Matter" (91)?
(a) A whirlpool.
(b) A vacuum.
(c) A sump pump.
(d) A siphon.

5. Catte names an essay by which writer as "the most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) piece she has encountered?
(a) Ezra Koenig.
(b) Carl Braden.
(c) Kevin Baker.
(d) Jason Allen.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Moynihan Report was billed as an inquiry into what aspect of African American life?

2. William Shockley was what kind of scientist who practiced his research in the United States?

3. What book argued that people living in impoverished areas were "less evolved" (76) than other people?

4. The Moynihan Report was written by what type of scientist working for the United States government?

5. Linda Tate is an Appalachian author who "tells of the re-discovery" (90) of what kind of roots?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one anomaly within the group of images Catte conjures when she thinks about the destruction of Appalachian land?

2. What is a goal Catte names as NOT being achieved by the War on Poverty?

3. What was the Whitesburg Conference?

4. Describe the link between the War on Poverty and the rise of eugenics.

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

6. 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?

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

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 fault does Catte find with the strategy of trying to ignore the implications of Hillbilly Elegy's success?

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