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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vance notes in his Introduction that William Julius Wilson, Charles Murray, and others have authored tracts demonstrating that upward mobility fell of in what decade in the U.S.?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1970s.

2. Where does Vance describe his Uncle Jimmy flying him and Lindsay to visit his home in Chapter 5?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Las Vegas, Nevada.
(c) Napa, California.
(d) Houston, Texas.

3. In what year was Vance born?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1982.

4. When was Vance's grandfather (Papaw) born?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1939.

5. How old was Vance when Uncle Teaberry died?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shopping store does Vance describe as his favorite in Middletown during his childhood?

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

3. When is Vance's birthday?

4. How old was Vance when he leapt off a dining room table pretending to be the Incredible Hulk?

5. Where did Uncle Gary move to open a business?

(see the answer key)

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