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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which name is charted in this section as having ten common variations?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Tiffany.
(c) Tabitha.
(d) Brandi.

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

4. How many names from the top ten most popular black girls names from 1990 do not appear on the 2000 list?
(a) 4.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

5. On average, what percentage of the student population is black in a school that an ECLS white child attends?
(a) 16%.
(b) 6%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 13%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the ECLS show about the black-white achievement gap for students just entering school?

2. Which of the following is not among the universities listed as names chosen by parents in California in the 1990s?

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

4. What unethical practice are Atlanta police discovered to have undertaken throughout the 1990s?

5. What prominent talent agency did Zelman Moses found?

(see the answer key)

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