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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 20, Health and Happiness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the twentieth century, how many Americans said that they definitely ate their evening meal as a family?
(a) 17 percent.
(b) 46 percent.
(c) 23 percent.
(d) 34 percent.

2. What age group of people was more likely to make telephone calls?
(a) People in their 20s.
(b) People over 50.
(c) People in their 30s.
(d) People under 45.

3. What small, Italian American community had been studied for nearly 40 years beginning in the 1950s?
(a) Rome Point, Rhode Island.
(b) Milano, Pennsylvania.
(c) Roseto, Pennsylvania.
(d) Coventry, Rhode Island.

4. How many units of blood per one thousand adults was donated in 1997?
(a) 53.
(b) 41.
(c) 62.
(d) 78.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the PTA founded?

2. How much more common is philanthropy and volunteering in American than in other countries?

3. In the 1990s, how many women worked outside the home?

4. How many nonprofit organizations were there per 1,000 inhabitants in Vermont?

5. When did the membership of community involvement groups plateau?

(see the answer key)

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