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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What park does Vance describe across the street from his childhood home in Middleton?
(a) Marine Park.
(b) Jackson Park.
(c) Miami Park.
(d) Ogden Park.

2. What did Vance's mother earn an associate's degree in at the local community college?
(a) Hairdressing.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Nursing.

3. Where did Vance work to save money before going to graduate school?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A butcher shop.
(c) An online stock trade company.
(d) A floor tile distribution business.

4. How old was Vance when Papaw died?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 9.
(d) 16.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade in school was Vance when his grandmother forbade him to hang out with friends who were smoking weed?

2. Who is the only Republican that Papaw ever voted for in a presidential election?

3. What month was it when Vance went into a military recruiter's office for the Marine Corps?

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

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

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