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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much weight did Vance lose during his bout with mono while in college in Chapter 11?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 15 pounds.
(c) 30 pounds.
(d) 10 pounds.

3. What were the only two schools that Vance had interested in attending college at after he completed the SATs?
(a) Yale and Harvard.
(b) Howard and Brown University.
(c) L.S.U. and Rutgers.
(d) Ohio State and Miami University.

4. Who is the Middletown High School teacher who works with at-risk youth in Middletown and is quoted by Vance in Chapter 4?
(a) Jennifer McGuffey.
(b) Ron Selby.
(c) William Julius Wilson.
(d) Bob Hamel.

5. What park does Vance describe across the street from his childhood home in Middleton?
(a) Miami Park.
(b) Ogden Park.
(c) Jackson Park.
(d) Marine Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Mamaw's siblings refused to ever speak to Vance's mother after Mamaw died?

2. When is Vance's birthday?

3. Who was Vance's stepfather and his eventual adoptive father?

4. What elementary school did Vance attend in Middletown?

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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