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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. About how many people live in Jackson, Kentucky, according to Vance in Chapter 1?
2. What musician does Vance describe Papaw listening to continuously on repeat in Chapter 7?
3. What does Vance describe his grandmother convincing him to do for his mother in Chapter 9?
4. What is the name of the bully that Vance describes sucker-punching in the gut to defend a younger boy in Chapter 5?
5. Vance notes in his Introduction that William Julius Wilson, Charles Murray, and others have authored tracts demonstrating that upward mobility fell of in what decade in the U.S.?
Short Essay Questions
1. What difficulties does Vance describe that Mamaw and Papaw faced in their marriage in Chapter 3?
2. How does Vance define the term "hillbilly" in his Prologue?
3. What were the circumstances of Mamaw and Papaw's move to Ohio?
4. How does Vance describe his youth while living in Middletown with his mother, sister, and stepfather in Chapter 5?
5. How does Vance describe the events around his mother's suicide attempt in Preble County?
6. How does Vance describe his experiences while living with his mother and Ken in Chapter 8?
7. How does Vance describe Mamaw and Papaw's children in Chapter 3?
8. Why was Lindsay devastated after meeting with the modeling scout in Chapter 6?
9. What led to the economic decline of Middletown, Ohio?
10. Who officially adopted Vance after his father relinquished parental rights? How did Vance feel about this adoption?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Vance describe his relationship with his biological father in the memoir? When did his father abandon Vance? When did he come back into Vance's life? How did Vance's father influence him?
Essay Topic 2
What marital struggles did Mamaw and Papaw face while living in Ohio? How were these conflicts ultimately resolved? What were the impacts of these struggles on Mamaw and Papaw's children?
Essay Topic 3
What event led to Vance moving in solely with Mamaw during his teenage years? Why? How did Vance feel about living with Mamaw? How did his life change once he moved in with her?
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