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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following factors is revealed not to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
(a) The child has highly educated parents.
(b) The child had a low birthweight.
(c) The child's parents are involved in the PTA.
(d) The child's family is intact.

2. What is the average annual salary of a bottom-tier sumo wrestler?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $30,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $65,000.

3. How much does it cost to keep one American incarcerated for one year?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) $35,000.

4. What ratio does a pro-life individual give to fetuses:newborns in terms of intrinsic worth?
(a) 2:1.
(b) 1:2.
(c) This person could not assign a value.
(d) 1:1.

5. How many American children per year would be saved if parents childproofed their pools?
(a) 400.
(b) 250.
(c) 175.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of this chapter, Levitt compares an aspiring parent to what equally deluded hypothetical figure from earlier in the book?

2. Which of the following factors is revealed to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?

3. The amount of money spent on every season's election campaigns is the same as the amount spent by Americans yearly on what?

4. At what preeminent university does Venkatesh meet Steven Levitt?

5. Judith Rich Harris claims in her book, THE NURTURE ASSUMPTION, that parental influence is generally overwhelmed by what?

(see the answer key)

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