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

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

3. The "most significant labor uprising in United States history" included around how many African American men and women?

4. The Appalachian Regional Commission created a definition of Appalachia that included how many counties?

5. What percentage of McDowell county residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In what manner does Catte claim that "Appalachian scholars and activists often prefer" (14) to view their relationships with citizens of other regions?

8. What strategy does Catte present as part of her plan of action for living in "Trump Country" (52) and what actions does she say she will refrain from taking?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Catte's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia.

Essay Topic 3

What ultimate message is Catte sending about the nature and value of compassion?

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