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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Vance in Chapter 1, most of the people in Jackson, Kentucky live in the mountains surrounding what highway?
(a) Highway 101.
(b) Highway 1.
(c) Highway 66.
(d) Highway 15.

2. What percentage of white children lived in neighborhoods with poverty rates above 10% in 2000, according to Vance in Chapter 4?
(a) 25%.
(b) 35%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 60%.

3. Where did Vance's mother want him to move and live with her when he was 14, but he refused?
(a) Napa, California.
(b) Jackson, Missouri.
(c) Cincinnati, Ohio.
(d) Dayton, Ohio.

4. What shopping store does Vance describe as his favorite in Middletown during his childhood?
(a) Fred's.
(b) Kmart.
(c) Wal-Mart.
(d) Costco.

5. Vance says in Chapter 9 that his sister Lindsay once told them that above all else, their mother was what?
(a) A monster.
(b) A protector.
(c) An addict.
(d) A survivor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did ABC News run a report about Appalachian America, highlighting the problem with "Mountain Dew mouth"?

2. 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.?

3. For how long had Vance's mother been sober by the time he finished eighth grade?

4. How far is Hamilton from Middletown, Ohio?

5. When did Vance's grandparents (Mamaw and Papaw) marry?

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