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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Vance describe Papaw having coffee with his old Armco buddies every morning in Chapter 7?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) Sonic.
(c) Hardee's.
(d) Wendy's.

3. When did Vance learn that his Marine Corps unit would leave for Iraq a few months later, according to his narrative in Chapter 10?
(a) January, 2006.
(b) March, 2003.
(c) January, 2005.
(d) February, 2007.

4. What is the name of the author's grandfather?
(a) William Jackson.
(b) Michael Vance.
(c) Jim Vance.
(d) James Ratcliff.

5. Where did Vance's mother go for drug addiction rehab after Papaw's death?
(a) The New Brunswick Center for Addiction Treatment.
(b) The Cincinatti Center for Addiction Treatment.
(c) The Manhattan Center for Addiction Treatment.
(d) The Medford Center for Addiction Treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the only two schools that Vance had interested in attending college at after he completed the SATs?

2. Who is the Middletown High School teacher who works with at-risk youth in Middletown and is quoted by Vance in Chapter 4?

3. When did Vance's grandparents leave Jackson, Kentucky to move north?

4. When was the merger between Armco Steel and Kawasaki?

5. What is the name of the bully that Vance describes sucker-punching in the gut to defend a younger boy in Chapter 5?

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