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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vance describe the road to hell being paved with in Chapter 6?
(a) Hope.
(b) Good intentions.
(c) Good actions.
(d) Desire.

2. What were the names of Mamaw's younger sisters?
(a) Marie and Anna.
(b) Betty and Rose.
(c) Sarah and Anne.
(d) Jenna and Opal.

3. When was the merger between Armco Steel and Kawasaki?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1989.

4. From what post-graduate institution did Vance graduate?
(a) Yale Law School.
(b) NYU School of Acting.
(c) Harvard Law School.
(d) Princeton Law School.

5. Who intervened when Mamaw almost shot a man for stealing one of the family's cows?
(a) Uncle Pete.
(b) Uncle David.
(c) Uncle John.
(d) Uncle Pet.

6. Who was Vance's mother's kind old gay friend who died suddenly?
(a) Jack.
(b) Scott.
(c) Matt.
(d) Paul.

7. What musician does Vance describe Papaw listening to continuously on repeat in Chapter 7?
(a) Hank Williams, Jr.
(b) Dr. Dre.
(c) Willie Nelson.
(d) Johnny Cash.

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

9. Where did Uncle Gary move to open a business?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Illinois.

10. What is the government program called that offers low-income residents a voucher to rent housing?
(a) Section 10.
(b) Section 8.
(c) Section 6.
(d) Section 12.

11. Who is the only Republican that Papaw ever voted for in a presidential election?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) George H. W. Bush.

12. What profession does Vance describe Matt as having in Chapter 7?
(a) He was a banker.
(b) He was a doctor.
(c) He was a policeman.
(d) He was a firefighter.

13. What card game does Vance describe frequently playing with Mamaw in Chapter 9?
(a) Go Fish.
(b) Texas Hold 'Em.
(c) Gin rummy.
(d) Bridge.

14. What kind of businesses did Uncle Pet start up?
(a) Banking and trading.
(b) Bricklaying and roofing.
(c) Timber and construction.
(d) Railroad construction.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mamaw's dream-career, according to Vance in Chapter 9?

2. About how many people live in Jackson, Kentucky, according to Vance in Chapter 1?

3. How much older is Vance's sister Lindsay than he is?

4. Who is the Middletown High School teacher who works with at-risk youth in Middletown and is quoted by Vance in Chapter 4?

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

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