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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old was Vance when he discovered Uncle David's marijuana plant in his backyard?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

4. Who did Uncle Pet almost kill for insulting his mother?
(a) Little John.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Big Red.

5. Vance opens his Introduction by telling the reader that he finds the existence of the book itself to be what?
(a) Important.
(b) Imminent.
(c) Integral.
(d) Absurd.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mamaw tell Vance that there was nothing lower than when he was growing up?

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

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

5. Where did Vance grow up?

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