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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: God Help Us.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bill think many people make excuses for?
(a) Listening to bad people in their lives.
(b) Wanting bad people in their lives.
(c) Looking for bad people to include in their lives.
(d) Keeping bad people in their lives.

2. What is the difference in the budget for the "Big Dig" highway and the actual cost of it?
(a) It was budgeted at $7.8 billion and cost over $12 billion.
(b) It was budgeted at $8.4 billion and cost over $14 billion.
(c) It was budgeted at $5.6 billion and cost over $10 billion.
(d) It was budgeted at $2.6 billion and cost over $15 billion.

3. According to Bill, what kind of advantage do people of privilege have in finding friends?
(a) They have a distinct advantage.
(b) They have no advantage.
(c) It depends on how privileged they are.
(d) They have a slight advantage.

4. What has the phrase, "Christmas holiday" been replaced with by some schools?
(a) Winter vacation.
(b) Winter holiday.
(c) Solstice vacation.
(d) Solstice holiday.

5. At the time Who's Looking Out for You? was written, what percentage of American children were born out of wedlock?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can stop the cycle of parental abuse?

2. How did Bill's father feel about his situation?

3. How does Bill describe CNN's coverage?

4. What does Bill state is the hardest part of looking back at bad parents?

5. Why does Bill consider himself a threat to the mainstream media?

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