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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what year was T.C. Crawford's book about Appalachia published?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1689.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1989.

4. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" a particular decade "focused exclusively on the region's" (58) what?
(a) Ancient history.
(b) Toxicity.
(c) Deprivation.
(d) Strength.

5. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Steven Spielberg.
(b) Charlie Kaufman.
(c) Ron Howard.
(d) Spike Jonze.

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

7. In what year were convictions of several members of the Hatfield and McCoy families secured?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1689.
(d) 1889.

8. How many objectives does Catte name for her nonfiction work What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

9. Under which U.S. president did the War on Poverty evolve, according to Catte?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Carter.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Eisenhower.

10. What does Catte assert about the number of people "who know and celebrate a different Appalachia" (9)?
(a) Their numbers are growing.
(b) They are few.
(c) Their numbers are shrinking.
(d) They are many.

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

12. What is the name of the man who wrote Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) John Vance.
(b) J.D. Vance.
(c) Miles Vance.
(d) Evan Vance.

13. The "weeklong campaign during which miners fought valiantly against a private army" was called "The Battle of" (46) what?
(a) Mount Mitchell.
(b) Mount Constitution.
(c) Blair Mountain.
(d) Bison Mountain.

14. Catte notes of the Hatfield-McCoy feud that "it was a real event that occurred in Appalachia at the turn of" (39) which century?
(a) 18th.
(b) 21st.
(c) 19th.
(d) 20th.

15. In April of 2019, filmmakers in what state "hosted the fourth Appalachian Queer Film Festival" (51)?
(a) Alabama.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What war does Catte associate with "an indelible imprint" (10)?

2. In what state capital did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?

3. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?

4. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?

5. In what year did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?

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