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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. Harry Caudil's work focused on which group of people within Appalachia?
2. Bill Strode worked for what newspaper when he was arrested for documenting a protester's actions?
3. In what state did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
4. In what year was Carl Braden arrested and convicted of sedition against the government for helping to purchase a home for an African American family?
5. The bulldozers that destroyed Ollie Combs's land were sent by what kind of company?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the link between the War on Poverty and the rise of eugenics.
2. Who was Harry Caudill and why is he significant to Catte's argument?
3. What fault does Catte find with the strategy of trying to ignore the implications of Hillbilly Elegy's success?
4. What advice does Catte provide for dealing with the Hillbilly Elegy zeitgeist, and what actions does Jillean McCommons add to that advice?
5. What tradition does Catte name as "one of the finest and oldest Appalachian traditions" (98)?
6. For what reason were images of black Appalachians left out of exposes of regional poverty?
7. What connection does Catte draw among William Shockley, Harry Caudill, and J.D. Vance?
8. What was the Moynihan Report?
9. What point does Catte make about the Amazon recommendations connected to Hillbilly Elegy?
10. Describe the incident with Ollie Combs in 1965.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Catte’s message regarding the connection between anger and social change and what tools are used within What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia in order to get this message across to the reader?
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 use of the image motif within the nonfiction work What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia. Be sure to include discussion of textual elements such as Catte’s use of the photo album metaphor.
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