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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Vance's mother earn an associate's degree in at the local community college?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Hairdressing.

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

3. Who was Vance's mother's kind old gay friend who died suddenly?
(a) Jack.
(b) Scott.
(c) Matt.
(d) Paul.

4. Who was Lindsay's first boyfriend at 13?
(a) Paul.
(b) Matt.
(c) Jack.
(d) Derrick.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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. Who intervened when Mamaw almost shot a man for stealing one of the family's cows?

4. What percentage of white children lived in neighborhoods with poverty rates above 10% in 2000, according to Vance in Chapter 4?

5. What is the name of Vance's father's second wife?

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