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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bo Copley became a "coal country celebrity" (50) after a tense encounter with which politician?

2. Catte asserts that all but which of the following citizens of Appalachia were left out of Hillbilly Elegy?

3. How many objectives does Catte name for her nonfiction work What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?

4. What county became the synonymous with the term "Trump Country," (32) according to Catte?

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 action is suggested as "making it easier to paint Appalachians as perpetual victims" (52) and why?

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

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

4. How many states are numbered among the region of Appalachia and which state is the only one to fall wholly within the region?

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

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

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

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

9. What is Hillbilly Elegy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of invisibility portrayed in What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia? Examine Catte's treatment of and messages regarding invisibility throughout the work.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Catte’s use of characterization methods to portray J.D. Vance within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Catte's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia.

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