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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 1960s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1970s.

2. Where did Vance grow up?
(a) Jackson, Ohio.
(b) Jackson, Mississippi.
(c) Jamestown, Ohio.
(d) Middleton, Ohio.

3. Who is the Middletown High School teacher who works with at-risk youth in Middletown and is quoted by Vance in Chapter 4?
(a) Jennifer McGuffey.
(b) Bob Hamel.
(c) William Julius Wilson.
(d) Ron Selby.

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

5. How much older is Vance's sister Lindsay than he is?
(a) 6 years older.
(b) 2 years older.
(c) 5 years older.
(d) 3 years older.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Vance when he discovered Uncle David's marijuana plant in his backyard?

2. What kind of businesses did Uncle Pet start up?

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

4. Where does Vance describe his Uncle Jimmy flying him and Lindsay to visit his home in Chapter 5?

5. How old was Vance when he leapt off a dining room table pretending to be the Incredible Hulk?

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