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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Figure 82 "Index of Educational Performance," what state was at the bottom of the chart?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Alabama.

2. What city launched a path-breaking education reform in the late 1980s that had parent participation as a cornerstone?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Minneapolis.

3. How many indicators of formal and informal community networks and social trust were studied across the U.S. to rate the average social capital of various states?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 21.
(d) 14.

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

5. How many Americans in any given year suffered from major depression?
(a) 15 percent.
(b) 5 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

6. In 1870, how many miles were there in the nationwide rail network?
(a) 53,000.
(b) 71,000.
(c) 62,000.
(d) 46,000.

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

8. When did Bill Clinton become president?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1988.

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

10. In 1940, what was one of the poorest cities in the poorest state in the United States?
(a) Calhoun City, Mississippi.
(b) Tupelo, Mississippi.
(c) Anniston, Alabama.
(d) Bessemer, Alabama.

11. How much would an individual's chances of poor health increase if he moved from a state with a wealth of social capital to a state with little social capital?
(a) 40-70 percent.
(b) 50-60 percent.
(c) 20-30 percent.
(d) 15-20 percent.

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

13. According to a study by Sampson and Groves, which country found that organizational participation and social ties made a difference in reducing crime levels?
(a) United States.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Britain.
(d) Spain.

14. When did divorce rates accelerate?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1960s to mid-1970s.
(c) 1970s to mid-1980s.
(d) 1950s.

15. Who was the first American Nobel Laureate for literature?
(a) George Bernard Shaw.
(b) Thomas Mann.
(c) Pearl Buck.
(d) Sinclair Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mark Granovetter document the fact that casual acquaintances can be more important assets than close friends and family when looking for a job?

2. In what country did Putnam and several colleagues investigate regional government?

3. In Figure 59, what percent of Americans spent their evenings watching TV?

4. In which Arthur Miller book did Miller argue that "witches" or anyone who didn't fit in be shunned?

5. What is the nickname for the state of North Carolina?

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