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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. What did Aunt Wee score on the quiz for ACE that Vance gave her?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

2. Vance states in Chapter 15 that in a given year how many children will spend time in foster care in the U.S.?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 640,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 920,000.

3. What month was it when Vance went into a military recruiter's office for the Marine Corps?
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) June.

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

5. To whom in his family does Vance compare his own behavior when dealing with Usha in the early months of their relationship in Chapter 14?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot?

2. What kind of wine does Vance describe having asked for at the elite meeting with a law agency based on its ability to be pronounced in Chapter 13?

3. When does Vance describe The Yale Law Journal writing competition kicking off in Chapter 13?

4. Which of the top law schools did Vance not apply to because he needed a sign-off from the dean of his undergraduate college?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was golf the sport that Vance's grandmother encouraged him to learn?

2. What dream does describe in the Conclusion?

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

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

5. What does "learned helplessness" mean and how does Vance address it in Hillbilly Elegy?

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

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

8. Why did Vance go to the motel in Middletown in Chapter 15?

9. What are the impacts of social perceptions of masculinity and femininity in poor societies, according to Vance in Chapter 15?

10. Why did Vance initially not apply to the top law schools? What changed his mind?

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