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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 actions.
(c) Good intentions.
(d) Desire.

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

3. What did Mamaw tell Vance that there was nothing lower than when he was growing up?
(a) The poor stealing from the poor.
(b) Cheating on one's spouse.
(c) Lying.
(d) Being a bully.

4. Where does Vance describe his Uncle Jimmy flying him and Lindsay to visit his home in Chapter 5?
(a) Napa, California.
(b) Las Vegas, Nevada.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Houston, Texas.

5. 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) 25%.
(d) 40%.

6. What was Mamaw's dream-career, according to Vance in Chapter 9?
(a) Becoming a supervisor for an orphanage.
(b) Becoming a doctor.
(c) Becoming a teacher for special needs children.
(d) Becoming a lawyer for abused and neglected children.

7. How old does Vance claim to be in the memoir's Introduction?
(a) 53.
(b) 49.
(c) 23.
(d) 31.

8. 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.?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1980s.

9. On what day of the week did Papaw die?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

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

11. How far is Hamilton from Middletown, Ohio?
(a) 30 miles away.
(b) 10 miles away.
(c) 50 miles away.
(d) 20 miles away.

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

13. 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) Bubba.
(d) Steve.

14. What is the name of the author's grandfather?
(a) Jim Vance.
(b) James Ratcliff.
(c) William Jackson.
(d) Michael Vance.

15. Who did Uncle Pet almost kill for insulting his mother?
(a) Big Red.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Little John.
(d) Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of car did Papaw drive?

3. Where was Ken born?

4. How old was Vance when his mother attempted suicide in Preble County?

5. What card game does Vance describe frequently playing with Mamaw in Chapter 9?

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