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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. Who wrote a book profiling the heroic World War II generation that got mixed reviews from critics, but was a runaway best-seller?
(a) Barbara Walters.
(b) Katie Couric.
(c) Walter Cronkite.
(d) Tom Brokaw.

2. What crop needed to be harvested in the quote at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Corn.
(b) Hay.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Soybeans.

3. Between 1976 and 1997, what was the drop in families with children between eight to seventeen who vacationed together?
(a) 49 percent.
(b) 26 percent.
(c) 38 percent.
(d) 12 percent.

4. What did diverse surveys indicate about the number of people who obtained jobs through a friend or relative?
(a) 2/3.
(b) About 1/3.
(c) 3/4.
(d) About 1/2.

5. What was the one democracy that had a lower voter turnout than the United States?
(a) Canada.
(b) Germany.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What small, Italian American community had been studied for nearly 40 years beginning in the 1950s?

2. How many members did the bridge club in Chapter 1 have in 1990?

3. When was the PTA founded?

4. In 1995 how many Americans volunteered?

5. Researchers at what university discovered that people with more diverse social ties got fewer colds?

(see the answer key)

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