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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 - Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Vance compare disagreements in his family in Chapter 14?
(a) Hiccups.
(b) War.
(c) Negotiations.
(d) Debates.

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

3. What popular toy does Vance describe Lindsay and his mother desperately searching for at Christmastime when he was a baby in the Conclusion?
(a) A Teddy Ruxpin doll.
(b) A Glow-Worm.
(c) A Cabbage Patch doll.
(d) A Baby Alive doll.

4. What is the term used by psychologists to refer to when a person believes that the choices he makes have no effects on the outcome of his life?
(a) Post traumatic stress disorder.
(b) Naivete.
(c) Victimization.
(d) Learned helplessnes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many recruits were in Vance's Marine Corps boot camp platoon at the beginning of boot camp?

2. Why does Vance assert that Januaries were often depressing during his childhood in the Conclusion?

3. What celebrity did Mamaw consider to be the embodiment of the American Dream, according to Vance in Chapter 10?

4. In what grade in school was Vance when his grandmother forbade him to hang out with friends who were smoking weed?

5. Where is Ohio State University located?

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