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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 18, Safe and Productive Neighborhoods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book by William Julius Wilson written in 1987 did Putnam mention in Chapter 18?
(a) When Work Disappears.
(b) There Goes the Neighborhood.
(c) More Than Just Race.
(d) The Truly Disadvantaged.

2. Between 1970 and 1998, by how much did the number of full-service restaurants per one hundred thousand population fall?
(a) 1/8.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/6.
(d) 1/5.

3. What Chicago suburb was closely studied by urbanist William Whyte?
(a) Aurora.
(b) Round Lake Beach.
(c) Wonder Lake.
(d) Park Forest.

4. In the 1940s, how likely was it that a deck of playing cards would be found in American homes?
(a) 61 percent.
(b) 87 percent.
(c) 93 percent.
(d) 79 percent.

5. Which state had the highest rate of murders?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Florida.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between 1986-86 and 1998-99, how much of a decline was there in the number of average Americans who made new friends?

2. Who wrote "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"?

3. In Roper polls in the 1980s and 1990s, how many American reported going out for entertainment?

4. Which state had the least number of murders?

5. In the late twentieth century, how many more times would an American send a greeting card to a friend than a letter to the editor?

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