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

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 1.
(c) Highway 101.
(d) Highway 15.

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

4. What did Mamaw tell Vance that there was nothing lower than when he was growing up?
(a) Being a bully.
(b) Lying.
(c) Cheating on one's spouse.
(d) The poor stealing from the poor.

5. What kind of businesses did Uncle Pet start up?
(a) Bricklaying and roofing.
(b) Timber and construction.
(c) Banking and trading.
(d) Railroad construction.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Mamaw's maiden name?

3. Where did Vance grow up?

4. How old was Vance when Uncle Teaberry died?

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

(see the answer key)

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