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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mamaw encourage Vance to learn to play golf?
(a) Because that is where rich people do business.
(b) Because she liked to watch golf on television.
(c) Because golf helps the lower back muscles.
(d) Because she wanted to play golf herself.

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?
(a) Chip.
(b) Jay.
(c) Steve.
(d) Bubba.

3. How much money in earnings did Vance have when he was discharged from the Marine Corps?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $4,000.

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

5. When did Vance's grandparents leave Jackson, Kentucky to move north?
(a) The late 1970s.
(b) The late 1950s.
(c) The late 1940s.
(d) The early 1960s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Vance have lunch with his sister Lindsay on the day of his orientation at Ohio State?

2. Vance says in Chapter 9 that his sister Lindsay once told them that above all else, their mother was what?

3. What were the names of Mamaw's younger sisters?

4. On what television show does Vance describe watching an episode about education in America in Chapter 8?

5. Who is described as Vance's cousin Rachael's father in Chapter 10?

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