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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 was The Moynihan Report published?
2. Catte asserts that both Harry Caudill and William Shockley promoted the implementation of what practice all the way until their deaths?
3. Anne Braden attended the trial of which of her family members when he was accused of sedition?
4. Catte asserts that "the Mulloys and McSurelys were indeed attempting to help poor individuals in the mountains seize power from" (98) whom?
5. Robert Payne was a disabled African American miner who acted as what official in the Disabled Miners and Widows organization?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason were images of black Appalachians left out of exposes of regional poverty?
2. How did the War on Poverty allow white Americans to ignore the country's race relation problems?
3. What connection does Catte make between Harry Caudill and William Shockley?
4. What connection does Catte make between Communism and the civil rights movement?
5. Describe the link between the War on Poverty and the rise of eugenics.
6. What tradition does Catte name as "one of the finest and oldest Appalachian traditions" (98)?
7. What was the Moynihan Report?
8. What does Catte name as the main flaw of popular narratives depicting Appalachia?
9. 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?
10. What point does Catte make about the Amazon recommendations connected to 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
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 3
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?
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