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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Oscar Danilo Blandon claim that he sold such extensive quantities of crack cocaine in the late 1970s?
(a) To pay off his gambling debts.
(b) To undermine community leadersin Los Angeles.
(c) To fund the Nicaraguan Contras.
(d) To provide a safer cocaine product than free-base.

2. According to child-rearing "expert" L. Emmett Holt, what is a baby's daily exercise?
(a) Crying.
(b) Rolling on the floor.
(c) Breastfeeding.
(d) Sleeping.

3. In what country is the daycare service examined at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Israel.
(b) Norway.
(c) Germany.
(d) Tunisia.

4. Judith Rich Harris claims in her book, THE NURTURE ASSUMPTION, that parental influence is generally overwhelmed by what?
(a) Popular culture.
(b) Peer pressure.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Some unknown guiding instinct.

5. What does Gyges' ring do?
(a) It makes him invisible.
(b) It makes him omniscient.
(c) It makes him immortal.
(d) It makes him a giant.

Short Answer Questions

1. A Head Start teacher earns half as much annually as what?

2. What now-infamous governor tried to introduce a plan to mail everyone in the state a book every month from birth to kindergarten?

3. On average, what percentage of the student population is black in a school that an ECLS white child attends?

4. What class range does the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study cover?

5. What is the average annual salary of a bottom-tier sumo wrestler?

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