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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vance describe his grandmother convincing him to do for his mother in Chapter 9?
(a) Go to buy groceries.
(b) Have her committed.
(c) Give her "clean" urine.
(d) Drive her to the doctor.

2. How old was Vance when he leapt off a dining room table pretending to be the Incredible Hulk?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

3. Who wrote the book The Truly Disadvantaged?
(a) Jennifer McGuffey.
(b) Bob Hamel.
(c) William Julius Wilson.
(d) Ron Selby.

4. How old was Vance when his father gave him up for adoption?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what county is Jackson, Kentucky located?

2. According to Vance in Chapter 1, most of the people in Jackson, Kentucky live in the mountains surrounding what highway?

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

4. Who did Uncle Pet almost kill for insulting his mother?

5. How much older is Vance's sister Lindsay than he is?

(see the answer key)

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