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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many registered voters resided within McDowell County during the 2016 presidential election?
(a) 12,847.
(b) 5,934.
(c) 17,508.
(d) 3,486.

2. 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) 1899.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1935.

3. What adjective did T.C. Crawford use repeatedly to describe Appalachians within his book about Appalachia?
(a) Vacuous.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Barbaric.
(d) Savage.

4. Both Trump and what other candidate won Appalachia by a wide margin in the 2016 West Virginia primary?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Sanders.
(c) Carson.
(d) Rubio.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which two ethnic groups are said to "have fueled more than half of Appalachia's population growth" (10)?

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

5. How many states contain Appalachian counties?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hillbilly Elegy?

2. For what purpose does Catte discuss the town of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee not far from her home?

3. What event does Elizabeth Catte use to mark the timing of her move out of Appalachia six months before a particular event?

4. Why is Catte's choice of time marker in the introduction's first sentence a significant one?

5. What strategy does Catte present as part of her plan of action for living in "Trump Country" (52) and what actions does she say she will refrain from taking?

6. What are Catte's two objectives within What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?

7. In what way does Catte use the metaphor of a mirror to characterize the Appalachian identity?

8. In what manner does Catte claim that "Appalachian scholars and activists often prefer" (14) to view their relationships with citizens of other regions?

9. Discuss a particular critical point Catte makes about Hillbilly Elegy.

10. What evidence does Catte use to support her claim about the environmental problems in Texas?

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