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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Rourke argues that pollution is a byproduct of what?
(a) Progress.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Greed.

2. The annual spending per student in O'Rourke's town is over how much?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $3,500.
(c) $1,250.
(d) $1,000.

3. What is the common enemy that environmentalists have, according to the author?
(a) Big business.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Waste management companies.
(d) Television.

4. At the town meeting which O'Rourke attended, the elderly retired people sat where?
(a) They sit closest to the exit.
(b) Scattered throughout the rows.
(c) In the front row.
(d) In the back row.

5. O'Rourke accuses ecological activists of ignoring what?
(a) Real environmental problems.
(b) Science.
(c) Citizens.
(d) The government.

6. O'Rourke says a cheap alternative to fix the failing school system could involve sending the children to what kind of school?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Military.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Boarding.

7. What was the deadline for the last Soviet troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan?
(a) February 15, 1989.
(b) March 12, 1989.
(c) January, 2 1989.
(d) December 27, 1988.

8. What senator said "A lot more of whatever needs doing needs to be done--let's spend, spend, spend" in response to the war on drugs?
(a) Carl Levin.
(b) Joe Biden.
(c) Byron Dorgan.
(d) Bernie Sanders.

9. O'Rourke mocked college bohos at the housing rally who were dressed in what color?
(a) Black.
(b) Beige.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.

10. O'Rourke argues against military cuts by talking about the happiness that every male feels when he has what in his hand?
(a) A gun.
(b) His wife's hand.
(c) A paycheck.
(d) His country's flag.

11. O'Rourke considers what war to be a rare success for U.S. foreign policy?
(a) The war in Afghanistan.
(b) The war in Korea.
(c) The war in Vietnam.
(d) The war in Japan.

12. Every year, O'Rourke attended a meeting of his hometown where people crowd into where?
(a) The council chambers.
(b) A church.
(c) A high-school gym.
(d) A community center meeting hall.

13. What is the name of the Michael Harrington book which says America had a hidden poverty?
(a) "America on the Outs."
(b) "My America."
(c) "The Other Side."
(d) "The Other America."

14. What was the name of O'Rourke's friend who learned to fly a stunt plane and decided to raise cattle?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Adam.
(c) Wendell.
(d) George.

15. O'Rourke attended a housing rally that took place where?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York City.
(d) Washington, DC.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke argues that modern, poor Americans earn greater income than the middle-class Americans of what year?

2. O'Rourke claims that Social Security serves only to pad the bank accounts of whom?

3. What is the name of the psychiatric professor that O'Rourke talked to about the crack cocaine problem?

4. What drug does O'Rourke say made kids psychotic?

5. O'Rourke says using crack cocaine makes one feel like whom?

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