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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What led to Mamaw's hospitalization just before her 72nd birthday?
(a) A kidney stone.
(b) A bladder infection.
(c) A brain aneurysm.
(d) A collapsed lung.

2. 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?
(a) $160,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $120,000.
(d) $100,000.

3. What month was it when Vance went into a military recruiter's office for the Marine Corps?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) March.

4. At what food chain (that was once his grandmother's and his favorite) does Vance describe taking a Yale friend to in Chapter 12?
(a) Cracker Barrel.
(b) Sonic.
(c) Western Sizzlin'.
(d) Steak Shack.

5. Vance states in Chapter 15 that in a given year how many children will spend time in foster care in the U.S.?
(a) 920,000.
(b) 640,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 250,000.

6. How does Vance describe his experience of going to a counselor when he was in law school?
(a) It made him feel respected.
(b) It made him want to vomit.
(c) He gained great insight from it.
(d) It made him feel relieved.

7. In Chapter 14, Vance makes the assertion that he knows that his mother is not what?
(a) A villain.
(b) An abuser.
(c) A savior.
(d) A drug addict.

8. What celebrity did Mamaw consider to be the embodiment of the American Dream, according to Vance in Chapter 10?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

9. Who is Vance's cousin who sold his mother's house because he could not trust his neighbors not to ransack it?
(a) Bob.
(b) Mark.
(c) Joe.
(d) Mike.

10. In what grade in school was Vance when his grandmother forbade him to hang out with friends who were smoking weed?
(a) Ninth grade.
(b) Tenth grade.
(c) Seventh grade.
(d) Eighth grade.

11. How long does Marine Corps boot camp last?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 13 weeks.
(d) 12 weeks.

12. How many members were in Vance's Marine Corps boot camp platoon by the end of boot camp?
(a) 25.
(b) 38.
(c) 69.
(d) 86.

13. Vance notes in Chapter 13 that if Usha had possessed a terrible personality, she would have made an excellent heroine in a novel by what author?
(a) Ron Selby.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Ayn Rand.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

14. Who is described as running the transfer students' office at Appalachian State University in Chapter 15?
(a) William Julius Wilson.
(b) Bob Hamel.
(c) Jane Rex.
(d) Bob Schuler.

15. Who is the Yale contracts professor that Vance thanks in the Acknowledgments?
(a) Amy Chua.
(b) Ron Selby.
(c) Jennifer McGuffey.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vance asserts in Chapter 11 that Mamaw had two gods, which were Jesus Christ and what?

2. To what does Vance compare disagreements in his family in Chapter 14?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What law firm did Vance get invited to a dinner with after his first interviews at Yale Law, hosted at an elite New Haven restaurant?

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