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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Vance in Chapter 1, most of the people in Jackson, Kentucky live in the mountains surrounding what highway?
(a) Highway 66.
(b) Highway 15.
(c) Highway 1.
(d) Highway 101.

3. Who among Vance's mother's love interests does he describe as an alcoholic police officer in Chapter 1?
(a) Jay.
(b) Chip.
(c) Andy.
(d) Steve.

4. 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 1970s.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1980s.

5. What were the names of Mamaw's younger sisters?
(a) Marie and Anna.
(b) Sarah and Anne.
(c) Betty and Rose.
(d) Jenna and Opal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business did Uncle Gary establish?

2. What is the name of the author's grandfather?

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

4. In what county is Jackson, Kentucky located?

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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