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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 39-77.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Virginia.

2. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?
(a) Poetry.
(b) A memoir.
(c) A novel.
(d) A collection of short stories.

3. Around how many coal miners worked in Appalachia, as of the time of Catte's publication?
(a) 54,000.
(b) 18,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 36,000.

4. In what Tennessee city close to Catte's home can tourists eat "feudin' fried chicken" at the "Hatfield-McCoy Dinner Show" (39)?
(a) Pigeon Forge.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Knoxville.
(d) Memphis.

5. In what part of the United States is Appalachia located?
(a) Western.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Northern.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state did private detectives hired by a negotiating coal company terrorize women and children with machine gun fire?

2. What is the name of the man who wrote Hillbilly Elegy?

3. Catte states that Appalachia has the same what as every other part of the United States?

4. In what year was T.C. Crawford's book about Appalachia published?

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

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