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

2. O'Rourke recalls spending an evening in what police department?
(a) The New York police department.
(b) The Los Angeles police department.
(c) The Atlanta police department.
(d) The Washington, DC police department.

3. O'Rourke believed his town spent too much on what?
(a) Road improvements.
(b) Law enforcement.
(c) The fire department.
(d) Renovating old buildings.

4. In what state did O'Rourke live?
(a) New York.
(b) Virginia.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Maine.

5. What was the school drop-out rate in O'Rourke's town?
(a) 36 percent.
(b) 11 percent.
(c) 23 percent.
(d) 42 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the USS Mobile Bay?

2. O'Rourke says the hysteria over drugs in the middle class could be the product of what?

3. What was the deadline for the last Soviet troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan?

4. O'Rourke says that because America is the richest nation on Earth, he is surprised to still what on the street?

5. Who said, "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does O'Rourke mean when he says that Social Security is like the nation picking its own pocket?

2. How does O'Rourke describe environmentalists?

3. How does O'Rourke feel about American poverty at the beginning of "Poverty Policy: How to Endow Privation"?

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

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

6. How does O'Rourke describe Blatherboro?

7. How does O'Rourke suggest solving the problem of students dropping out of school?

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

9. How did Blatherboro block the completion of a local golf course?

10. How does O'Rourke feel about claims of collateral damage during Operation Just Cause?

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