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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 does Vance describe the road to hell being paved with in Chapter 6?
(a) Good actions.
(b) Good intentions.
(c) Hope.
(d) Desire.

2. Who was Vance's stepfather and his eventual adoptive father?
(a) William Julius Wilson.
(b) Don Bowman.
(c) Bob Hamel.
(d) Ron Selby.

3. Earlier in his life, Vance describes his self-image as bitterness as masquerading as what, in Chapter 14?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Charm.
(d) Arrogance.

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

5. What does Vance describe Papaw teaching him to do during his childhood in Chapter 7?
(a) Shoot a BB gun.
(b) Play baseball.
(c) Ski.
(d) Ice skate.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what address does Vance describe his Mamaw's house being in Chapter 7?

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

3. Which of the top law schools did Vance not apply to because he needed a sign-off from the dean of his undergraduate college?

4. What is the government program called that offers low-income residents a voucher to rent housing?

5. Who was the professor who explained how The Yale Law Journal worked, and who encouraged Vance to try for it?

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