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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Vance when Papaw died?
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

2. For how long had Vance's mother been sober by the time he finished eighth grade?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) A year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 months.

3. What amount of money does Vance describe as unreasonable as a salary in Middletown, but the salary that graduates of Yale Law School expected to earn in their first year out of school in Chapter 12?
(a) $160,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $120,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what food chain (that was once his grandmother's and his favorite) does Vance describe taking a Yale friend to in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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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