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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 114-132.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Appalachian Land Study found that nearly what fraction of Appalachia's land was owned by corporations?
(a) One-quarter.
(b) Half.
(c) Three-fifths.
(d) Three-quarters.

2. Catte asserts that the "root of Appalachia's problems" (122) lies in what element's lengthy history in the region?
(a) Unchecked poverty.
(b) Unchecked oppression.
(c) Unchecked capitalism.
(d) Unchecked aggression.

3. What war does Catte associate with "an indelible imprint" (10)?
(a) The War on Unions.
(b) The War on Youth.
(c) The War on Poverty.
(d) The War on Drugs.

4. What template does Vance use to present his picture of Appalachia?
(a) His own harrowing childhood.
(b) The Hatfield-McCoy feud.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The film Deliverance.

5. Catte insists that people in power use the designation of otherness for Appalachia for what reason?
(a) For entertainment.
(b) For profit.
(c) For research.
(d) For posterity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Appalachian Regional Commission created a definition of Appalachia that included how many counties?

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

4. The University of Chicago's S.S. MacClintock wrote about the Hatfield-McCoy feud in which journal?

5. Catte describes the murder of the filmmaker Hugh O'Connor as O'Connor documented the lives of the miners in what Kentucky town?

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