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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of white children lived in neighborhoods with poverty rates above 10% in 2000, according to Vance in Chapter 4?
(a) 60%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 25%.

2. With which of her siblings did Mamaw have a falling out after the death of her mother?
(a) Rose.
(b) Mary.
(c) Anne.
(d) Betty.

3. In what year did ABC News run a report about Appalachian America, highlighting the problem with "Mountain Dew mouth"?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2007.

4. Where does Vance describe having a fight with Usha after having performed badly at an interview for a firm during their second year of law school?
(a) Napa, California.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Seattle, Washington.

5. What family operated a large paper mill in Middletown dating back to the nineteenth century?
(a) The Betters family.
(b) The Smith family.
(c) The Sorg family.
(d) The Zoro family.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long had Vance's mother been sober by the time he finished eighth grade?

2. Where did Vance work to save money before going to graduate school?

3. How much money per month did Vance send to his grandmother after her insurance premiums went up too much for her to afford them in Chapter 10?

4. What amount of money does Vance describe as unreasonable as a salary in Middletown, but the salary that graduates of Yale Law School expected to earn in their first year out of school in Chapter 12?

5. What verse from the Bible did Vance read on Mamaw's death bed?

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