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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What law firm did Vance get invited to a dinner with after his first interviews at Yale Law, hosted at an elite New Haven restaurant?
(a) Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, LLP.
(b) Williams, Schumer and Smith, LLP.
(c) Bernstein, Liebhard and Lifshitz, LLP.
(d) Anderson, Smith and Watson, LLP.

2. Vance asserts in Chapter 11 that Mamaw had two gods, which were Jesus Christ and what?
(a) Her home in Kentucky.
(b) Her love of children.
(c) Her family.
(d) The United States of America.

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

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

5. To what does Vance compare disagreements in his family in Chapter 14?
(a) Hiccups.
(b) Negotiations.
(c) Debates.
(d) War.

6. Where did Vance attend Marine Corps boot camp?
(a) Andersonville, California.
(b) Parris Island, South Carolina.
(c) Peoria, South Carolina.
(d) New Brunswick, New Jersey.

7. Who is Vance's agent that he thanks in the Acknowledgments?
(a) Tina Bennett.
(b) Ron Selby.
(c) Bob Hamel.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

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

9. In what grade in school was Vance when his grandmother forbade him to hang out with friends who were smoking weed?
(a) Eighth grade.
(b) Tenth grade.
(c) Ninth grade.
(d) Seventh grade.

10. How does Vance describe his experience of going to a counselor when he was in law school?
(a) He gained great insight from it.
(b) It made him feel relieved.
(c) It made him feel respected.
(d) It made him want to vomit.

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

12. Who is the Yale contracts professor that Vance thanks in the Acknowledgments?
(a) Amy Chua.
(b) William Julius Wilson.
(c) Ron Selby.
(d) Jennifer McGuffey.

13. Who was the professor who explained how The Yale Law Journal worked, and who encouraged Vance to try for it?
(a) William Julius Wilson.
(b) Ron Selby.
(c) Amy Chua.
(d) Jennifer McGuffey.

14. What is the term used by psychologists to refer to when a person believes that the choices he makes have no effects on the outcome of his life?
(a) Victimization.
(b) Learned helplessnes.
(c) Post traumatic stress disorder.
(d) Naivete.

15. Who is Bonnie's mother?
(a) Aunt Wee.
(b) Aunt Jamie.
(c) Aunt Jeane.
(d) Aunt Katie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What led to Mamaw's hospitalization just before her 72nd birthday?

2. 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?

3. When was Mamaw's 72nd birthday?

4. How old was Bonnie when she asked her parents to donate her Christmas presents to Middletown's needy?

5. In what war did Vance serve as a Marine?

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