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

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. In what state is a particular cause said to be "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44)?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Alabama.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Mississippi.

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

5. In what year did private detectives hired by the owners of the Paint Creek mine terrorize the families of the workers in a particular state?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte states that what cause "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44) in a particular state?

2. Catte and her partner moved from one state to another how many months before the 2016 presidential election?

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

4. What adjective did T.C. Crawford use repeatedly to describe Appalachians within his book about Appalachia?

5. Approximately how many square miles make up the region of Appalachia?

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