1. What was the first chapter-book that Vance's mother bought him when he learned to read?
(a) Anne of Green Gables.
(b) The Wind in the Willows.
(c) Curious George.
(d) Space Brat.

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

3. What is the name of the author's grandfather?
(a) Michael Vance.
(b) James Ratcliff.
(c) Jim Vance.
(d) William Jackson.

4. What is the name of the bully that Vance describes sucker-punching in the gut to defend a younger boy in Chapter 5?
(a) Matt.
(b) John.
(c) Paul.
(d) Chris.

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

Short Answer 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.?

2. When did Vance's parents marry?

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

4. When was the merger between Armco Steel and Kawasaki?

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

(see the answer key)

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