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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the central themes addressed in Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Incest.
(c) The American Dream.
(d) Murder.

2. According to a student survey cited by Vance in Chapter 12, what percentage of Yale Law Schools students qualify as upper-middle class or higher?
(a) Over 50%.
(b) Over 75%.
(c) Over 95%.
(d) Over 80%.

3. How many members were in Vance's Marine Corps boot camp platoon by the end of boot camp?
(a) 69.
(b) 86.
(c) 38.
(d) 25.

4. To what last name did Vance and his bride change their last names upon marrying?
(a) Hamel.
(b) Bowman.
(c) Selby.
(d) Vance.

5. Where did Vance move with his wife after their one-year clerkships to build a home?
(a) Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) Lexington, Kentucky.
(c) Napa, California.
(d) Cincinnati, Ohio.

6. 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 Glow-Worm.
(b) A Cabbage Patch doll.
(c) A Teddy Ruxpin doll.
(d) A Baby Alive doll.

7. How old was Vance when he bought his first Honda Civic and was discharged from the Marine Corps?
(a) 25.
(b) 23.
(c) 19.
(d) 26.

8. What celebrity did Mamaw consider to be the embodiment of the American Dream, according to Vance in Chapter 10?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(c) George W. Bush.
(d) Bill Clinton.

9. What are referred to as the mythical "top three" law schools in Chapter 12?
(a) Yale, Princeton, and Brown.
(b) Yale, Harvard, and Stanford.
(c) Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford.
(d) Rutgers, Princeton, and Yale.

10. What is Vance's sister Lindsay's last name?
(a) Ratliff.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Williams.
(d) Vaughn.

11. Where did Papaw install a secret phone line for Vance and his sister so that they could call Mamaw and Papaw when they needed to?
(a) In the back of Lindsay's closet.
(b) In a kitchen cupboard.
(c) In a bathroom closet.
(d) In the bottom of a toybox.

12. Vance notes in Chapter 13 that if Usha had possessed a terrible personality, she would have made an excellent heroine in a novel by what author?
(a) Ron Selby.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Ayn Rand.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

13. How long does Marine Corps boot camp last?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 12 weeks.
(d) 13 weeks.

14. When did Vance graduate from Ohio State University?
(a) August, 2009.
(b) September, 2003.
(c) March, 2010.
(d) January, 2008.

15. Who is described as the "monster" in Vance's nightmare with his dog in the Conclusion?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) The author.
(d) Mamaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Vance's cousin who sold his mother's house because he could not trust his neighbors not to ransack it?

2. Who was the senator that Vance worked for at the Ohio Statehouse while attending college?

3. What did Aunt Wee score on the quiz for ACE that Vance gave her?

4. For what organization was Vance purchasing children's toys shortly before Christmas last year, according to his narrative in the Conclusion?

5. Which of Mamaw's siblings refused to ever speak to Vance's mother after Mamaw died?

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