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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Vance's parents marry?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1988.

2. On what day of the week did Papaw die?
(a) Friday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Monday.

3. Who was Vance's mother's kind old gay friend who died suddenly?
(a) Scott.
(b) Jack.
(c) Paul.
(d) Matt.

4. How much older is Vance's sister Lindsay than he is?
(a) 3 years older.
(b) 6 years older.
(c) 5 years older.
(d) 2 years older.

5. For how long had Vance's mother been sober by the time he finished eighth grade?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) A year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of white children lived in neighborhoods with poverty rates above 10% in 2000, according to Vance in Chapter 4?

2. Who did Lindsay marry after Papaw's death?

3. What was Mamaw's dream-career, according to Vance in Chapter 9?

4. What did Mamaw tell Vance that there was nothing lower than when he was growing up?

5. Vance notes in his Introduction that William Julius Wilson, Charles Murray, and others have authored tracts demonstrating that upward mobility fell of in what decade in the U.S.?

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