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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. Catte disparages a Vanity Fair essay in which writer John Saward visits what state in order to "understand Donald Trump" (22)?

2. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" a particular decade "focused exclusively on the region's" (58) what?

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

4. How many registered voters resided within McDowell County during the 2016 presidential election?

5. The University of Chicago's S.S. MacClintock wrote about the Hatfield-McCoy feud in which journal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspect of Texans' curiosity strikes Catte as ironic during her short residency in Texas?

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

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

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

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

6. Discuss a particular critical point Catte makes about Hillbilly Elegy.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Catte’s decision to include colloquialisms, slang, and profane language within the text. What purpose did Catte have in mind when including these instances and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?

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