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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 is the name of Vance's father's second wife?
(a) Anna.
(b) Cheryl.
(c) Mary.
(d) Stephanie.

2. In 1970, what percent of white children lived in a neighborhood with poverty rates above ten percent, according to Vance in Chapter 4?
(a) 10%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 40%.

3. How old does Vance claim to be in the memoir's Introduction?
(a) 31.
(b) 23.
(c) 49.
(d) 53.

4. Who among Vance's mother's love interests does he describe as an alcoholic police officer in Chapter 1?
(a) Jay.
(b) Chip.
(c) Steve.
(d) Andy.

5. How far is Hamilton from Middletown, Ohio?
(a) 50 miles away.
(b) 30 miles away.
(c) 10 miles away.
(d) 20 miles away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Vance when his mother attempted suicide in Preble County?

2. Where did Vance's mother want him to move and live with her when he was 14, but he refused?

3. What does Vance describe Papaw's main hobby as in Chapter 7?

4. How old was Vance when his father gave him up for adoption?

5. 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.?

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