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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. The two instruments often associated with Appalachia are classified as what types of instruments?

2. Catte finds the most fault with which element of Vance's public persona during the book tour for Hillbilly Elegy?

3. What phrase does Catte use to name the nonfiction genre associated with John Saward's essay in Vanity Fair?

4. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?

5. About how many people live within the region of Appalachia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What distinction does Catte make between empathy and solidarity?

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

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

6. What is Hillbilly Elegy?

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

8. Provide the facts of the most basic interpretation of the Hatfield-McCoy feud.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Catte's discussion of her own identity as a resident of Appalachia. What themes are touched upon within these instances and what rhetorical devices does Catte use in order to make these connections explicit?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the messages sent by Catte about the theme of appearance versus reality within What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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