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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much higher were crime rates in cities than in small towns or rural areas?
(a) 3-4 times.
(b) 4-5 times.
(c) 1-2 times.
(d) 2-3 times.

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

3. In what state did the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occur?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

4. Of people who expected to move in five years, what percent were less likely to attend church, club meetings, volunteer or work on community projects?
(a) 20-25.
(b) 10-15.
(c) 40-45.
(d) 30-35.

5. In 1998, how many American adults graduated from high school?
(a) 67 percent.
(b) 93 percent.
(c) 79 percent.
(d) 82 percent.

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

7. What ages of women in the 1980s and 1990s felt the most harried?
(a) 30-61.
(b) 18-43.
(c) 25-54.
(d) 35-65.

8. From what language do the terms "macher" and "schmoozer" come from?
(a) Russian.
(b) German.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Yiddish.

9. In 1998, how many people believed that people lived as honestly and morally as they used to?
(a) Between 15 and 20 percent.
(b) Between 5 and 10 percent.
(c) Between 20 and 30 percent.
(d) Between 25 and 35 percent.

10. How much had states spent on "motor voter" registration?
(a) $58 million.
(b) $100 million.
(c) $45 million.
(d) $79 million.

11. During what time was there explosive growth in union membership?
(a) During the New Deal.
(b) After World War II.
(c) During the Cold War.
(d) During the Depression.

12. By November, 1998, how many members attended a heated contest for the president of the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP?
(a) 48.
(b) 62.
(c) 33.
(d) 57.

13. What university studied the changes in personal behavior between 1957 and 1976?
(a) University of Indiana.
(b) University of Illinois.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) University of Colorado.

14. 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?
(a) 57.
(b) 43.
(c) 28.
(d) 35.

15. Who rode the "antiparty bandwagon" to national prominence in 1992?
(a) Pat Buchanan.
(b) Howard Dean.
(c) Ross Perot.
(d) Denny Lane.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the PTA founded?

2. How many of AARP's members belonged to local chapters?

3. In 1986, what percent of all organization members had served as an officer?

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

5. During the 1950s and 1960s, what percent of workers belonged to professional associations and other economic organizations (other than unions)?

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