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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Vance's grandparents (Mamaw and Papaw) marry?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1947.

2. In what county is Jackson, Kentucky located?
(a) Breathitt County.
(b) Anderson County.
(c) Clark County.
(d) Trinity County.

3. Where did Vance get his first job while in high school?
(a) Piggly Wiggly grocery store.
(b) Dillman's grocery store.
(c) Anderson's grocery store.
(d) Jackson's grocery store.

4. How long does Vance describe the road trip from Middletown, Ohio to Jackson, Kentucky in Chapter 9?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

5. Where did Vance's mother go for drug addiction rehab after Papaw's death?
(a) The Manhattan Center for Addiction Treatment.
(b) The Medford Center for Addiction Treatment.
(c) The New Brunswick Center for Addiction Treatment.
(d) The Cincinatti Center for Addiction Treatment.

6. In what year was Vance born?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1986.

7. How old was Vance when his mom and stepdad moved the family to Preble County?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

8. What does Vance describe Papaw teaching him to do during his childhood in Chapter 7?
(a) Ice skate.
(b) Shoot a BB gun.
(c) Play baseball.
(d) Ski.

9. What does Vance describe his grandmother convincing him to do for his mother in Chapter 9?
(a) Have her committed.
(b) Drive her to the doctor.
(c) Give her "clean" urine.
(d) Go to buy groceries.

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

11. What shopping store does Vance describe as his favorite in Middletown during his childhood?
(a) Costco.
(b) Kmart.
(c) Wal-Mart.
(d) Fred's.

12. What was the first chapter-book that Vance's mother bought him when he learned to read?
(a) Anne of Green Gables.
(b) Curious George.
(c) Space Brat.
(d) The Wind in the Willows.

13. Vance says in Chapter 9 that his sister Lindsay once told them that above all else, their mother was what?
(a) An addict.
(b) A protector.
(c) A survivor.
(d) A monster.

14. Where did Vance grow up?
(a) Jackson, Mississippi.
(b) Jamestown, Ohio.
(c) Jackson, Ohio.
(d) Middleton, Ohio.

15. To what region does Vance describe the Scots-Irish immigrants in America largely congregating?
(a) The Mississippi Delta region.
(b) The Appalachian Mountain Range.
(c) The Rocky Mountain Range.
(d) The Pacific Coast Mountain Range.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Vance when Papaw died?

2. What is the name of the bully that Vance describes sucker-punching in the gut to defend a younger boy in Chapter 5?

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

4. Who was Vance's mother's kind old gay friend who died suddenly?

5. With which of her siblings did Mamaw have a falling out after the death of her mother?

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