View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Vance describe an elite acquaintance using in a sentence that made Vance want to scream in the Conclusion?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Matriculate.
(c) Interrogate.
(d) Confabulate.

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 75%.
(b) Over 50%.
(c) Over 95%.
(d) Over 80%.

3. Who is Vance's cousin who sold his mother's house because he could not trust his neighbors not to ransack it?
(a) Mike.
(b) Bob.
(c) Joe.
(d) Mark.

4. Who is the former British prime minister who came to speak at Yale when Vance arrived?
(a) Margaret Thatcher.
(b) Ron Selby.
(c) Bob Hamel.
(d) Tony Blair.

5. In what war did Vance serve as a Marine?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Iraq War.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The War in Afghanistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the central themes addressed in Hillbilly Elegy?

2. Who were the two people who Vance gave the ACE quiz to that scored a zero?

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?

4. Who is described as the "monster" in Vance's nightmare with his dog in the Conclusion?

5. Who is the journalist and opinion leader who now writes for The Atlantic that Vance worked for as a contributor on his website?

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationship difficulties does Vance discuss in Chapter 14?

2. Who is Brian and why does Vance discuss him in the Conclusion?

3. How does Vance perceive American politics in regards to how they are judged in poor communities in his Conclusion?

4. What two events does Vance describe as being significant to him during his last two years of service in the Marines?

5. What does Vance describe as the single most determinant for a person's success in Chapter 15?

6. How does Vance describe Usha in Chapter 13?

7. What led to Mamaw's death? When did she die?

8. How does Vance describe his own family's Christmas celebrations in his Conclusion?

9. What problems with the foster care system in the U.S. are discussed by Vance in Chapter 15?

10. How often did Vance's family write to him while he was in boot camp? What did they write about?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 847 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample