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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. What work by Karl Marx was found in the raid on the home of Karen and Joseph Mulloy?

2. In what year did the sheriff of Pike County, Kentucky order a raid on the home of community organizers Karen and Joseph Malloy?

3. Under which United States president's administration was the Farm Security Agency (FSA) formed?

4. Catte describes Judy Bonds as a grandmother who "became the face of" (98) what type of activism?

5. In what year did Ollie Combs endeavor to conduct a protest against her land being destroyed by bulldozers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one anomaly within the group of images Catte conjures when she thinks about the destruction of Appalachian land?

2. Describe the incident with Ollie Combs in 1965.

3. 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?

4. What connection does Catte make between Harry Caudill and William Shockley?

5. What advice does Catte provide for dealing with the Hillbilly Elegy zeitgeist, and what actions does Jillean McCommons add to that advice?

6. What was the Moynihan Report?

7. What connection does Catte draw among William Shockley, Harry Caudill, and J.D. Vance?

8. What does Catte say about the way in which she views Appalachian history?

9. Who was Harry Caudill and why is he significant to Catte's argument?

10. How did the War on Poverty allow white Americans to ignore the country's race relation problems?

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 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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