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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old is the kid Brian that Vance describes in the Conclusion?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 19.
2. What verse from the Bible did Vance read on Mamaw's death bed?
(a) Corinthians, 13: 12.
(b) Genesis, 3: 15.
(c) James: 14: 1.
(d) Genesis: 15: 7.
3. Who was the senator that Vance worked for at the Ohio Statehouse while attending college?
(a) Bob Schuler.
(b) Ron Selby.
(c) William Julius Wilson.
(d) Bob Hamel.
4. Vance asserts in Chapter 11 that Mamaw had two gods, which were Jesus Christ and what?
(a) Her home in Kentucky.
(b) Her family.
(c) The United States of America.
(d) Her love of children.
5. In Chapter 14, Vance makes the assertion that he knows that his mother is not what?
(a) A villain.
(b) An abuser.
(c) A drug addict.
(d) A savior.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Vance's agent that he thanks in the Acknowledgments?
2. What was the cost for a week's stay at the Middleton hotel where Vance put up his mother in Chapter 15?
3. What is the name of the theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot?
4. What does Vance say Usha often received as Christmas presents in the Conclusion?
5. Why was Gail largely excommunicated from her family?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are "adverse childhood experiences" and how does Vance define them in Chapter 14?
2. How does Vance describe his own family's Christmas celebrations in his Conclusion?
3. Why did Vance go to the motel in Middletown in Chapter 15?
4. Why did Vance initially not apply to the top law schools? What changed his mind?
5. What does "learned helplessness" mean and how does Vance address it in Hillbilly Elegy?
6. What two events does Vance describe as being significant to him during his last two years of service in the Marines?
7. How does Vance describe Usha in Chapter 13?
8. Who is Brian and why does Vance discuss him in the Conclusion?
9. Why was Vance drawn to attending Yale Law School? What aspects of the program appealed to him?
10. Why did Vance tell the woman at the gas station that his girlfriend attended Yale in Chapter 12?
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