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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of the United States is Appalachia located?

2. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?

3. The "weeklong campaign during which miners fought valiantly against a private army" was called "The Battle of" (46) what?

4. In what year were convictions of several members of the Hatfield and McCoy families secured?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Provide the facts of the most basic interpretation of the Hatfield-McCoy feud.

2. What is Catte's main claim about the problems of the Appalachia region?

3. What does Catte mean when she names the "clinical" (7) reasons for her move out of Appalachia?

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

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

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

7. What faults does Catte find with J.D. Vance outside of his authorship of Hillbilly Elegy?

8. What are Catte's "less clinical" (8) reasons for moving back to Appalachia after a short time in Texas?

9. What action is suggested as "making it easier to paint Appalachians as perpetual victims" (52) and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Catte’s use of the image motif within the nonfiction work What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia. Be sure to include discussion of textual elements such as Catte’s use of the photo album metaphor.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Catte's discussion of her own identity as a resident of Appalachia. What themes are touched upon within these instances and what rhetorical devices does Catte use in order to make these connections explicit?

Essay Topic 3

What ultimate message is Catte sending about the nature and value of continually examining one’s own thought patterns and behaviors in relation to guarding against prejudice and stereotypes?

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