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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue - Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Vance's grandparents (Mamaw and Papaw) marry?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1951.

2. What kind of business did Uncle Gary establish?
(a) A timber business.
(b) A coal mining business.
(c) A roofing business.
(d) A bricklaying business.

3. Who intervened when Mamaw almost shot a man for stealing one of the family's cows?
(a) Uncle Pete.
(b) Uncle John.
(c) Uncle Pet.
(d) Uncle David.

4. How did Uncle Teaberrry get his name?
(a) From a flavor of yogurt.
(b) From a flavor of chewing gum.
(c) From a type of chewing tobacco.
(d) From a kind of ointment.

5. From what post-graduate institution did Vance graduate?
(a) NYU School of Acting.
(b) Yale Law School.
(c) Princeton Law School.
(d) Harvard Law School.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Vance when Uncle Teaberry died?

2. How old does Vance claim to be in the memoir's Introduction?

3. When was Vance's grandfather (Papaw) born?

4. How many bedrooms were in Mamaw Blanton's house, according to Vance in Chapter 1?

5. When does Vance describe the first wave of Scots-Irish immigrants landing in the New World in his Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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