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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this chapter, Levitt mentions that the average American prostitute makes more than the average American what?
(a) Firefighter.
(b) Architect.
(c) Schoolteacher.
(d) Reverend.

2. Which group generally tests highest?
(a) Rural students.
(b) There is no data on this topic in the text.
(c) Suburban students.
(d) Urban students.

3. What unethical practice are Atlanta police discovered to have undertaken throughout the 1990s?
(a) Accepting kickbacks.
(b) Underreporting crime.
(c) Selling confiscated drugs.
(d) Racial profiling.

4. How many times a year are elite sumo tournaments held?
(a) 10 times.
(b) 3 times.
(c) Once.
(d) 6 times.

5. What action led to a reduction in blood donors in the 1970s?
(a) A new type of needle.
(b) Monetary compensation.
(c) An STD test.
(d) Donors' names listed in the local paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many American children per year would be saved if parents childproofed their pools?

2. In what country is the daycare service examined at the beginning of this chapter?

3. In a per-hour study of likelihood of dying in a plane versus a car crash, how do they compare?

4. In 1964, what was a hauntingly simple cause of infant death in the American black community?

5. Which film boxer do the authors cite in their discussion of honesty in sports?

(see the answer key)

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