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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. On what holiday does Catte portray Ollie Combs as eating alone in her jail cell?
2. In what state did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
3. Catte asserts that both Harry Caudill and William Shockley promoted the implementation of what practice all the way until their deaths?
4. In what year did Harry Caudill pass away?
5. Myles Horton was "a labor and civil rights activist" (98) from what state?
Short Essay Questions
1. What qualities does Catte assert are shared by both J.D. Vance and Harry Caudill?
2. What does Catte say about the way in which she views Appalachian history?
3. What is a goal Catte names as NOT being achieved by the War on Poverty?
4. For what action was Carl Braden sentenced for the crime of sedition?
5. For what reason were images of black Appalachians left out of exposes of regional poverty?
6. Describe the incident with Ollie Combs in 1965.
7. For what purpose does Catte draw a connection among William Shockley, Harry Caudill, and J.D. Vance?
8. What connection does Catte make between Appalachian writers and their use of the language of visual literacy?
9. What connection does Catte make between Communism and the civil rights movement?
10. What fault does Catte find with the strategy of trying to ignore the implications of Hillbilly Elegy's success?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
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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