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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two ethnic groups are said to "have fueled more than half of Appalachia's population growth" (10)?
(a) African American and Central American individuals.
(b) African American and Hispanic individuals.
(c) African American and Native American individuals.
(d) African American and Asian American individuals.

2. What phrase does Catte use to name the nonfiction genre associated with John Saward's essay in Vanity Fair?
(a) The Land of Trump.
(b) The Trump Oasis.
(c) The Trump Delusion.
(d) Trump Country.

3. Whose voices are often excluded from conversations about Appalachia in the media, according to Catte?
(a) Appalachians.
(b) People of color.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

4. Catte asserts that all but which of the following citizens of Appalachia were left out of Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Environmentalists.
(b) People of color.
(c) Conservatives.
(d) Young people.

5. What percentage of Appalachians identify as white?
(a) 60.
(b) 90.
(c) 70.
(d) 80.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte disparages a Vanity Fair essay in which writer John Saward visits what state in order to "understand Donald Trump" (22)?

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

3. What county became the synonymous with the term "Trump Country," (32) according to Catte?

4. Both Trump and what other candidate won Appalachia by a wide margin in the 2016 West Virginia primary?

5. Catte began cataloguing what two types of documents about the "Appalachia Problem" (8)?

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