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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did ABC News run a report about Appalachian America, highlighting the problem with "Mountain Dew mouth"?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2012.

3. To what region does Vance describe the Scots-Irish immigrants in America largely congregating?
(a) The Rocky Mountain Range.
(b) The Appalachian Mountain Range.
(c) The Mississippi Delta region.
(d) The Pacific Coast Mountain Range.

4. In what county is Jackson, Kentucky located?
(a) Anderson County.
(b) Clark County.
(c) Trinity County.
(d) Breathitt County.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Uncle Pet almost kill for insulting his mother?

2. Who among his mother's love interests does Vance describe as a mid-life sufferer with an earring to prove it in Chapter 1?

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

4. When did Vance's grandparents (Mamaw and Papaw) marry?

5. About how many people live in Jackson, Kentucky, according to Vance in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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