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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many more long distance calls to family and friends would women make than men?
(a) 30-40 percent.
(b) 10-20 percent.
(c) 5-10 percent.
(d) 20-30 percent.

2. For how long did the Jim Crow laws depress voting rates?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 70 years.
(d) 80 years.

3. How many Americans moved each year according to Putnam?
(a) 1 in 5.
(b) 1 in 4.
(c) 2 out of 3.
(d) 4 out of 5.

4. In what state did the KKK want to "adopt a highway"?
(a) Florida.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Georgia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1995 how many Americans volunteered?

2. During what decades did giving in America increase to nearly 50 percent?

3. For how many years did the Vassar alumnae of Washington, D.C., have an annual book sale?

4. Where was the bridge club located that Putnam mentioned in Chapter 1?

5. Compared to the rest of the population, how much less time did people who spent more time at work have to watch television?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was altruism an important diagnostic sign of social capital?

2. What cards games used to be popular?

3. How were African Americans prevented from voting?

4. Why would being too busy be an obvious reason for the tendency to drop out of community affairs?

5. What was one of the fastest-growing industries in the 1980s and why?

6. If fewer survey respondents said that "Most people can be trusted," what might that mean?

7. What did time diaries from 1965, 1975, 1985, and 1995 reveal about participation in religious activities?

8. What analogy did Putnam use to show how frequent moves disrupt civic engagement?

9. What activities did women participate in as "machers"?

10. What changes in union membership have been seen in the twentieth century?

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