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

2. Who said, "What we want from the taxpayers is continual cooperation!" in regard to America's drug problem?
(a) Mario Perez.
(b) Mike Mullin.
(c) Dick Weart.
(d) Albert Collins.

3. On what day did O'Rourke attend a housing rally?
(a) July 16.
(b) October 7.
(c) March 1.
(d) February 23.

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

5. Who was George H. W. Bush's first Drug Czar?
(a) William Bennet.
(b) Lee P. Brown.
(c) Barry McCaffrey.
(d) John P. Walters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What TV network said the housing rally had 40,000 to 250,000 people present?

2. O'Rourke characterizes what group in Afghanistan as deceitful, violent and self-serving?

3. A woman at the housing rally who said she was homeless had how many kids?

4. During Operation Just Cause, O'Rourke was disgusted by the media's hysteria over what?

5. O'Rourke considers what war to be a rare success for U.S. foreign policy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does O'Rourke feel about the war in Afghanistan?

2. How does O'Rourke feel about the seriousness of the problem of crack cocaine in America?

3. Why does O'Rourke seem to think his family was stronger because they were not given any help?

4. What does the author mean when he says that Americans live a "whiffle life"?

5. How does O'Rourke feel about the government's treatment of the nation's problem with drugs?

6. How does O'Rourke describe the USS Mobile Bay?

7. Explain how the government wastes billions of dollars on farm subsidies, according to O'Rourke.

8. What role do special interest groups play in politics?

9. Why does O'Rourke feels that Blatherboro is out of its depth when it comes to city planning?

10. Why does O'Rourke say Americans will not find a solution to the problem of drugs in the country?

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